Three British orphaned children of Islamic State fighters who went missing after their camp in Syria came under Turkish attack have been rescued by the UN.

The children were picked up by aid workers from the UN’s refugee agency as the women who had been detained in Ain Issa camp escaped, Save the Children told The Daily Telegraph.

According to local reports, Turkish warplanes struck villages near the detention camp, which is 20 miles south of the Turkish-Syrian border, and hundreds of women and children escaped as clashes broke out between Turkey-backed Syrian fighters and Kurdish forces.

The British identity of Amira, 10, her sister, Hiba, eight, and their brother Hamza, was discovered by the BBC earlier this week.

The children are believed to have travelled to Syria with their parents from London five years ago.