The term “ISIS brides” refers to Australian women who travelled to Syria or Iraq around 2013-16 during the rise of the terrorist group ISIS.

The term "ISIS brides" is used to describe women from western countries who travelled to Syria and Iraq to marry and support members of Islamic State (ISIS). Some have since sought to return following the group's territorial defeat in 2019.

Trump announced a “powerful and deadly strike” targeting the ISIS terrorist group in northwest Nigeria on Thursday. He said the group had not heeded warnings, leading to the Christmas night strike.

Senator Duniam said previous repatriations of Australians with links to ISIS under the Scott Morrison-led coalition government had only been orphaned children.

When ISIS was formed in 2013, the designation carried over. Over the past several months, multiple individuals have been detained for their support of ISIS.

Federal authorities on Wednesday arrested an Afghan national on suspicion of providing support to the ISIS terrorist group, the third such arrest in a week, according to a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) statement.

France marked the 10th anniversary of the ISIS attacks of 2015, during which terrorists armed with guns and suicide bombs killed 130 people in a lethal series of coordinated attacks in Paris.

Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke says the government did not assist a cohort of ISIS "brides" and their children from returning to Australia despite their now imminent return.

Meanwhile, lawmakers have asked the administration to pursue ISIS in Syria, where the United States recently struck the terror group after an attack on American and Syrian personnel earlier this month. U.S.

Australian families affiliated with ISIS walk beside a van with their belongings for departure at the Roj camp in al Malikiyah, Syria, on Feb. 15, 2026.

Flavel declined to comment on whether the ISIS-linked party qualified for such restrictions. Did Any ISIS 'Bride' or Children Receive Welfare? Senator Price also asked whether any members of the cohort had been granted social security payments.

On Feb. 9, the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS said Sharaa’s new Syrian government had become the 90th participating member of the coalition. While counter-ISIS efforts continue, CENTCOM is working to consolidate the U.S. force footprint in Syria.

Because they do not have a holy book it made them enemies of ISIS, Abas says. Second ISIS-Linked Group Return to Australia A second cohort of ISIS brides and their children left the Al-Roj camp in Syria on May 21 and arrived in Australia on May 26.

In its Feb. 4 statement, CENTCOM said U.S. forces are coordinating with partner groups in Syria to sustain military pressure to defeat ISIS.

President Donald Trump said on May 15 that U.S. and Nigerian armed forces had killed the second-in-command of the ISIS terrorist group globally.

The ISIS terrorist group claimed responsibility for the attack.

Just one ISIS-linked woman was issued with a TEO in February.

Three women have been arrested as a group of ISIS-linked families touched down in Australia to face a media storm.

ISIS claimed ultimate responsibility for the Dec. 13 shooting, and Syria's Interior Ministry has said the suspect was a member of Syrian security forces who harbored ISIS sympathies.

Australia’s security agencies are on alert as a group of ISIS-linked women and children prepare to return from Syria.

The NSW government is weighing changes to hate crime laws after videos emerged allegedly showing ISIS-inspired attacks on gay and bisexual teenagers in Sydney.

“ISIS created an evil ideology that has been called out, not just by the Australian government but globally right now.”

The second cohort of wives and children linked to ISIS fighters have landed in Australia. On the evening of May 26, counter terrorism teams were deployed to Melbourne and Sydney airports awaiting their arrival.

Another cohort of "ISIS brides" and their children is expected to make their way back to Australia in the coming week.

He created a 288-page report on the receiver and sent it via secure software to a UK national who later admitted ISIS membership.

The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), on Jan. 23, handed Syria's de facto interim government control of a prison facility used to house ISIS suspects.

Kayumi allegedly indicated to law enforcement that he was affiliated with ISIS, and further stated in substance and part that he had watched ISIS propaganda on his phone and that his actions on March 7 were partly inspired by ISIS.

“We will continue to aggressively pursue ISIS remnants in Syria while working with the Global Coalition Against ISIS to ensure the gains made against the group in Iraq and Syria are lasting and ISIS is not able to regenerate or export terrorist attacks

Four more males suspected of plotting an ISIS-inspired Halloween terror attack on American soil have been arrested and charged, according to the FBI on Nov. 5.

Several social media accounts and Telegram channels supporting ISIS have in recent hours called for intensified attacks using motorcycles and firearms. ISIS has carried out six attacks against Syrian government targets since the fall of Assad.