The term “ISIS brides” is used to describe foreign women who travelled to Syria and Iraq between 2014 and 2019 to live under Islamic State rule. Many Australians who made the journey were young women ...
Dubbed “IS brides” by local media — though the cohort also includes children — the Australians are seeking to return despite ...
Australian women and children linked to Islamic State fighters will get no help from the government to return home, PM ...
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has acknowledged that ISIS brides have been issued passports, while insisting his government provided “no assistance” to the cohort.
A group of ISIS brides "en route" to Australia have been delayed by Syrian authorities as the Albanese government continues to deny any involvement with their return.
The effort to bring back the women and children is being organised by western Sydney doctor Jamal Rifi, who led Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke’s re-election campaign.
A camp official said the families’ departure was not cancelled but “postponed for a period of time” in the latest frustration for the 34 Australian women and children stranded for almost seven years ...
Group of 34 Australians who left for Australia via Damascus from the refugee camp in northeastern Syria turned back ...
ISIS brides still being held in northern Syria have applied for Australian passports in an effort to return home.
Another cohort of Australian “ISIS brides” and their children are expected to make their way back to Australia after their first attempt failed on Monday, when they were turned around by Syrian ...
Security officials believe a prominent and well-respected figure in Australia’s Muslim community is coordinating the latest ...
Reports of the returns, which have not been addressed by government officials, came amid turmoil over control of detention ...