Airliners Carrying Women and Children Linked to Islamic State Group Land in Australia
- On Thursday, Qatar Airways flights QR904 and QR908 landed in Melbourne and Sydney carrying four Australian women and nine children from Syria, ending years in a desert camp.
- The Australian government announced on Wednesday that the 13 individuals planned to return after spending years in a Syrian desert camp, following long-standing pressure from the United Nations.
- Police stated the women face potential criminal charges regarding alleged time spent in the Islamic State caliphate, while returnees will undergo community integration and therapeutic support programs.
- Australia maintains strict Counter-Terrorism laws including 'control orders' that impose restrictions if individuals pose future risks, and the ASIO director-general stated he will maintain a watchful eye.
- UN Special Rapporteur Ben Saul argued politicians should prioritize child safety over political maneuvering, noting previous returnees under Coalition and Labor governments showed little evidence of subsequent terrorism.
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A group of 13 women and children suspected of having links to former Islamic State (ISIS) fighters in Syria have returned to Australia, where authorities have confirmed some of them may have been arrested. They were residents of the Al Roj camp, also known as Camp Roj, where Shamima Begum - the teenage girl who fled the UK for Syria in 2015 - also lived. Krissy Barrett, Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police (AFP), said "a number of indiv…
In 2020, Émilie Khiari, had been sentenced in her absence to 20 years' imprisonment by the Paris Special Assize Court to have gone to Syria to join her husband between 2014 and 2016. Repatriated in 2023, she has been retrieved for the same acts since 4 May in front of her husband.
3 Australian women returning from Syria are arrested on suspicion of slavery and terrorism offences
Three women who were among 13 Australians returning home from Syria were arrested at airports on Thursday on allegations of slavery and terrorism inside the Islamic State group’s former so-called caliphate, police said.
Australian women, children linked to ISIS return from Syria
Airliners carrying 13 Australian women and children with alleged ties to the Islamic State group landed in on Thursday in their homeland, where the adults face potential criminal charges relating to their alleged time in the extremist organization's so-called caliphate, which spanned Syria and Iraq.
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Women linked to IS fighters charged with slavery after landing in Australia
Counter-terrorism forces arrested two women for slavery on Thursday as they returned to Australia from Syria, where they allegedly committed "crimes against humanity" while supporting Islamic State jihadists.
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