A MOTHER whose two children were taken to the Middle East by their father said she was hoping to arrange a contact visit to see them.

Josephine Bromley said she would not go out there unannounced -- as she did when the children were in Jordan -- through fear of making a delicate situation worse.

The 34-year-old of Lower Darwen has only seen her two daughters once since they were taken by her estranged husband Jehad Al-Momani to his native home in the summer.

Josephine flew out to Jordan last year to track down Salam, seven, and 11-year-old Noor, managing to spend an hour with them at a local police station.

Since then the children, both pupils at Lower Darwen Primary School, have moved to Saudi Arabia and Josephine said she wants to see them in an arranged visit.

She said: "I am working with the Foreign Office and the British Embassy to try and see the girls, if their father lets me.

"I won't just fly out and try and find them, it will all be arranged."

Josephine said she wanted to go out as soon as possible, adding every day without them was "so difficult."