A group of so-called 'ISIS brides' and their children will land in Australia today after more than a decade...
The cohort of so-called 'ISIS brides' who followed their ISIS fighting partners to Syria over a decade ago have faced a long journey in their return to Australia.
The women and their children have been held in refugee camps in north-eastern Syria for years, following the collapse of ISIS, and recently failed in an attempt to leave the camp for Australia earlier this year. The families left the notorious Al-Roj camp for the Syrian capital in their second bid to return to Australia nearly two weeks ago, and had been waiting in limbo in Damascus since.
On Wednesday, the Australian government confirmed the group had booked flights to Australia. An uncle accompanied one group of at least three women and five children as they made their way from Damascus to Doha, according to the ABC. From there, they boarded a flight to Melbourne, which is expected to touch down in less than four hours.
The women were looking forward to drinking a latte on Melbourne's Collins Street, according to an ABC journalist on board the Doha flight who spoke to the women before boarding. Some of the children reportedly have Australian accents, despite being born in Syria and never setting foot in Australia. The women refused to answer questions about their potential arrests, the ABC said. Another woman and her child are expected to land in Sydney shortly after 5pm.
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