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women were [arrested and charged](https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/may/07/is-linked-families-land-australia-from-syria-arrests-ntwnfb) by the Australian federal police upon arrival in Melbourne
women with links to the Islamic State (IS) group have been formally charged after returning home from Syria. Kawsar Abbas, 53 and her daughter Zeinab Ahmed, 31 will appear at Melbourne Magistrates Court on Friday
Melbourne. The [Australian federal police](https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/australian-federal-police) said on Wednesday that some of the women would be arrested and charged, while support would be made available for the children. Mat Tinkler
MELBOURNE, Australia — A number of Australian women with alleged ties to Islamic State group militants will be arrested and face criminal investigations if they return from Syria, police said Wednesday. [ airport on Thursday. A third woman, Janai Safar, 32, is expected to appear in a [Sydney](https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/sydney) court on Friday charged with entering a declared conflict zone and joining
Melbourne](https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/melbourne) at about 5.30pm Thursday, following a journey that began in Damascus on Wednesday. Janai Safar and her child are also expected to land in [Sydney](https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/sydney) on Thursday
charge that’s before the court, you’d have to leave it to the courts to decide, and you know the very stability we have in this country is because we have a judicial system
arrive in Australia A group of 19 Australian women and held in Syria since the defeat of [Islamic State](https://www.theguardian.com/world/islamic-state) will return to Melbourne and Sydney on Tuesday afternoon, bringing