Second ‘ISIS bride’ group touches down in Australia

A second group of women and children linked to Islamic State has returned to Australia after years spent in a Syrian refugee ...

Three ISIS brides arrested, one charged as chaos erupts at Melbourne, Sydney Airport

On 7 May 2026, news.com.au published a version of this article about Kawsar Abbas (also referred to as Kawsar Ahmad). A photo of Fatma Mallouk was mistakenly used in that publication. Mrs Mallouk is ...

Father of 'ISIS bride' says daughter shouldn't face charges for 'mistake'

"When you are young, you do so many mistakes, you don't get charged [for] those mistakes." ...

Zero Sympathy: ISIS Brides Arrested for Slavery and Terrorism After $10,000 Yazidi Slave Allegations

Three women accused of being ISIS brides were arrested in Melbourne on terror and slavery charges after years in a Syrian camp, thrusting repatriation and justice back into the spotlight.

ISIS bride who dared authorities to 'catch me if you can' loses Australian citizenship

She was among the first women to leave Australia and join the Islamist war against the West. Now she is stuck there.

New cohort of so-called ISIS brides and their children arrive in Melbourne and Sydney

A second cohort of so-called “ISIS brides” and their children have touched down in Australia after a days-long journey from ...

Richard Ashmore

Express.co.uk. He covers human interest and foreign news stories, with a particular interest in Israel, the War in Ukraine and ISIS operations both in Syria and Afghanistan. He also loves an animal ...