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.

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 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.

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

Three Australian women known as the “ISIS Brides” have been arrested on slavery- and terrorism-related charges after returning home with their 10 children, most of whom were born in a Syrian detention ...

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