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ISIS brides secure tickets to return to Australia

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Four Australian women who joined ISIS and their nine children have secured tickets to return to Australia from Syria. The women, three from Melbourne and one from Sydney, left the Al Roj refugee camp and travelled to Damascus. They face potential criminal charges for assisting foreign armed forces, an offence under Australian law.

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For so-called ISIS brides and their nine children have reportedly secured tickets to fly back to Australia, let's go live to Josh Martin in Canberra, so Josh, they are risking criminal charges coming home though. Good morning, Trevor. That's right. It isn't a fence for Australian citizens to go overseas and assist foreign armed forces. That is what some of these women could be alleged to have done. Three of these ISIS brides are from Melbourne, originally. One is from Sydney. They have nine children with them. They left the al-Rose refugee camp over the weekend and made their way to Damascus in Syria. The Sydney Morning Herald is now reporting that they do have airfares and tickets back to Australia, though a source close to the group is fearful that the women could be stopped in third-party countries along the way. You might remember earlier in the year, a bigger cohort of ISIS brides was preparing to return.

A delegate and from the government was able to give them temporary passports. This will generate a lot of political debate this week, Trevor. Thank you, Josh.

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