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 ...

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 ...

Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong won’t confirm whether the Albanese government refused to receive a group of women and children linked to former ISIS fighters but warned they would face “the full ...

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 ...

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

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