Authorities arrested three women with links to ISIS as they arrived in Sydney and Melbourne on Thursday evening, with their return to Australia sparking dramatic scenes and an airport scuffle.

The father of a so-called ISIS bride who was among the latest group of women to return to Australia has defended his daughter, saying that she made a mistake, but she should not be charged.

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 ...

The term “ISIS brides” is used to describe foreign women who travelled to Syria and Iraq between 2014 and 2019 to live under ...

Abraham Abbas has offered his home and financial support for charged ISIS bride Zeinab Ahmad if she is released on bail, ...

Police and Counter Terrorism Minister Yasmin Catley has refused to say how much taxpayer money was spent on the alleged “VIP ...

A second cohort of so-called “ISIS brides” and their children have touched down in Australia after a days-long journey from Syria. Flights carrying six Australian women with links to Islamic State, ...

Melbourne grandmother Kawsar Abbas, 53, and her younger daughter Zeinab, 31, will both appear before a Melbourne magistrate court today. They were arrested by the Victorian Joint Counter Terrorism ...

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has denied offering some of the remaining so-called ISIS brides any help after reports emerged another group appears ready to return to Australia. Six women, their ...

A fourth woman — known as an “ISIS Bride” — has been charged by counter-terrorism police in Melbourne for being a member of a terrorist organization, as more Australian women who travelled to the ...

Police and Counter Terrorism Minister Yasmin Catley has refused to say how much taxpayer money was spent on the alleged “VIP ...