{"id":695375,"date":"2026-05-26T09:25:47","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T09:25:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/695375\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T09:25:47","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T09:25:47","slug":"another-group-of-women-and-children-linked-to-islamic-state-group-return-to-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/695375\/","title":{"rendered":"Another group of women and children linked to Islamic State group return to Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two flights carrying women and children linked to the Islamic State group have landed in Australia.<\/p>\n

Two so-called ISIS brides and seven children, including an individual who recently turned 18, touched down at Melbourne Airport just after 4:30pm this afternoon.<\/p>\n

Another group landed aboard flight QR908 in Sydney just after 5:30pm.<\/p>\n

A large group left the Al-Roj camp in northern Syria last week and most are understood to have boarded flights from Qatar.<\/p>\n

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Officers with long-arm rifles are seen as ISIS linked brides arrive at Sydney Airport. (ABC News: Berge Breiland)<\/p>\n

Women, children shuffled off plane in discreet airport arrival<\/p>\n

Armed police officers patrolled the arrivals area at Sydney Airport, although security presence appeared consistent with normal airport operations.<\/p>\n

One passenger, who asked not to be identified, said they were on board the flight incoming from Doha.<\/p>\n

They told the ABC they saw around three women with a number of children, and some men, escorted off the plane before other passengers were allowed to disembark.<\/p>\n

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The women and children are understood to have boarded a flight from Qatar. (ABC News)<\/p>\n

NSW Police said some family members were expected to meet those returning at the terminal.<\/p>\n

In Melbourne, it appeared the women and children managed to avoid cameras as they departed the airport.<\/p>\n

The ABC understands the group left from an area separate to the main exit.<\/p>\n

Scenes were far quieter in contrast to the frenzy the previous group arrived earlier this month, where male supporters clashed with media during arrests.<\/p>\n

It has not been confirmed whether any of the women will be arrested, but some were expected to be offered government health assistance.<\/p>\n

Government says no help was given for ISIS-linked women to return<\/p>\n

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese today declared he had “nothing but contempt for anyone who has any sympathy with ISIS”.<\/p>\n

He reiterated the government had offered no financial support for ISIS-linked women returning from Syria and warned they would “face the full force of the law” on the advice of “security agencies”.<\/p>\n

Minister for Home Affairs Tony Burke reaffirmed in a statement the current cohort made plans to travel from Syria to Australia without government assistance.<\/p>\n

“These are people who have made the horrific choice to join a dangerous terrorist organisation and to place their children in an unspeakable situation,” he said.<\/p>\n

“As we have said many times \u2014 any members of this cohort who have committed crimes can expect to face the full force of the law.”<\/p>\n

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AFP officers at Sydney Airport on Tuesday. (AAP: Dean Lewins)<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, four women and a group of children returned from Syria’s Al-Roj camp.<\/p>\n

Three of the women were arrested and charged by the Australian Federal Police (AFP) on arrival<\/a> in Melbourne and Sydney. They remain in custody.<\/p>\n

Two have been charged with slavery offences and the other with travelling to a declared terrorist area and being a member of a terrorist organisation.<\/p>\n

One woman from Sydney’s west was barred from returning under a temporary exclusion order (TEO).<\/p>\n

The ABC understands Hodan Abby’s child, who is not covered by the TEO, has elected to stay with her.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two flights carrying women and children linked to the Islamic State group have landed in Australia. Two so-called…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":695376,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[245011,2324,43,62963,339169,339171,647,44,339170,670,66180,15387,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-695375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-al-roj","tag-anthony-albanese","tag-headlines","tag-isis","tag-isis-linked-brides","tag-islamic-state-militants","tag-melbourne","tag-news","tag-repatriation","tag-sydney","tag-syria","tag-tony-burke","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/695375","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=695375"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/695375\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/695376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=695375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=695375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=695375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}