Repatriation of Australians from Syrian Camps: A New Chapter Begins

Australian women and children with alleged ties to ISIS returned home. Flights arriving in Melbourne and Sydney brought back 13 individuals who lived for years in a Syrian desert camp. Authorities are considering criminal charges for their connections to the caliphate.

On Thursday, airliners carrying Australian women and children suspected of affiliations with the Islamic State group touched down in the country.

An airliner carrying three women and eight children landed in Melbourne, followed shortly by another flight in Sydney with a woman and her son. These returns come after the Australian government previously announced the 13 individuals, who have been in a Syrian desert camp for years, would be brought back.

Authorities indicated that these women might face criminal charges due to their involvement with the Islamic State's caliphate, which once extended over parts of Syria and Iraq. The two Qatar Airways flights left Doha nearly simultaneously, headed for Australia's major cities, with QR904 arriving in Melbourne first, followed by QR908 in Sydney.