ISIS brides blocked from returning to Australia

0:00A group of ISIS brides appears to have been blocked from returning to Australia, turned away from Syria's international airport. The 13 women and children had been booked on flights back to Australia as been downy reports. Well, this is this particular cohort of so-called ISIS brides second recent attempts to travel to Australia, but they were stopped and turned around before they could reach Damascus International Airport. Why? Well, because Syria's government says Australia's government said they would refuse to receive them. So despite the group of four women and their nine children being issued passports and obtaining flights, Australia's repeated denials for now mean they are unable to return. The U.S. has been placing significant pressure on the Australian government to accept the cohort in an attempt to clear the Al-Ros detention camp. The U.N. and Red Cross have also contemplated removing them during the Iran ceasefire, potentially traveling through Lebanon.

1:00Those efforts have failed. So this unclear limbo situation continues. I'm a fairs minister Tony Burke saying some of these individuals will be weighing up whether they want to come back to Australia ever, despite this many of the so-called ISIS brides, family members and loved ones still hold out hope that return to Australia in the near future.