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Australian ISIS brides are NAMED after their bid to fly back from Syria was stopped at the last moment
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20:04 EST 19 Feb 2026, updated 20:55 EST 19 Feb 2026By CHARLOTTE KARP, SENIOR NEWS REPORTER
- All 11 women with IS links have been identified
- One woman wanted to be a jihadi bride at 19
- Others say they didn't mean to enter Syria
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A group of 11 Australian women, known as ISIS brides, and their 23 children were escorted by Kurdish security forces from al-Roj camp, near the border with Iraq and Turkey, on Monday morning with the hope of being allowed to fly to Australia.
But despite having Australian passports, they were stopped by Syrian authorities and ordered to return to their tents, some of which had already been dismantled soon after they left.
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The Albanese government confirmed last week it would continue to allow the families to return to Australia by their own means, but insisted it was not assisting their repatriation efforts.
All 11 women have now been named by the ABC, including Nesrine Zahab - the wife of Ahmed Merhi, a Sydney-born Islamic State terrorist who was sentenced to death.
Also on the list was Nesrine's aunt Aminah Zahab and cousin Sumaya Zahab, along with Kawsar Abbas and her daughters Zeinab and Zahra Ahmed, Kirsty Rosse-Emile, Janai Safar, Hodan Abby, Kawsar Kanj and Hyam Raad.
Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke said Wednesday that one of the women is the subject of a temporary exclusion order on national security grounds, which could ban her from entering Australia for two years
