Two planes carrying a total of 19 women and children linked to Islamic State have landed in Australia, with some expected to face charges.

Four women and six children landed in Sydney about 5.30pm on Qatar Airways flight QR908 from Doha, while another two women and seven children earlier landed in Melbourne about 4.30pm.

Some of the children are reportedly dealing with medical complications.

Police said that ‘operational arrangements have been put in place’ for their return.

17:31

AFP confirms no charges though investigation ongoing

Members of the Victoria and NSW Joint Counter Terrorism Teams have confirmed the ISIS brides who arrived in Australia on Tuesday will not be charged.

A total of six women, formerly linked to ISIS fighters, arrived in Melbourne and Sydney.

Australian Federal Police said officers searched the group’s belongings and downloaded their devices to be forensically examined.

‘No one arriving within this cohort has been charged, however, investigations into the activities of Australians who travelled to Syria – including those who have since returned – are ongoing,’ AFP said in a statement.

It added the agency’s priority was ‘safety of our communities’.

‘Police and the JCTTs will continue to engage with relevant stakeholders to ensure community safety is upheld,’ AFP said.

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ISIS brides and their families spotted leaving Sydney Airport

The four women and six children who landed in Sydney were seen quietly leaving the airport.

The cohort were spotted leaving arrivals shortly before 8pm.

Police assisted the group to waiting rental cars.

A line of AFP officers shielded the women and children from cameras by forming a line in front of the vehicles.

No arrests were made.

Daily Mail photographer allegedly struck by escort of ISIS brides

A man escorting the two women and their children who landed in Melbourne allegedly lashed out and hit a Daily Mail photographer.

Snapper David had spent hours at the airport waiting to see the group leave customs when he spotted a trolley coming out of a discreet side-exit – the same one that pop star Katy Perry used to arrive in Melbourne in 2019.

He immediately ran over and snapped as the group of women and children followed through the door.

The cohort quickly covered the 35metres to their waiting car, which is where David ran into trouble.

‘Two men approached and just started abusing me,’ David told Daily Mail.

‘Then I just got hit,’ he alleged.

‘I couldn’t really make out what they were saying, but he hit me hard enough to mess up the settings on my camera so I couldn’t get a proper shot of them.’

One of the men had allegedly struck David’s camera as he neared the women and children’s car.

He claimed the man had hit with an open palm, sending his camera into his face.

One of the men that approached David has been identified as Abraham Abbas, a relative of accused slave owners Kawsar Abbas and Zeinab Ahmad – who were arrested upon their arrival in Australia earlier this month.

Abraham Abbas was not the man who allegedly hit David.

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Melbourne cohort snuck out of airport as relative allegedly hits reporter

The group of two women and seven children who arrived in Melbourne have been escorted out of the airport using an alternative exit.

Australian Federal Police confirmed the group had left without charge.

One of the woman Kristy Rosse-Emile came out of the airport’s back exit with two young children.

A relative escorting them allegedly hit a photographer holding his camera, resulting in a blow to the face.

The four women and six children who landed in Sydney have been offered the same discrete airport exit.

Passengers on their Qatar Airways flight said the group were escorted off the plane before other passengers could disembark.

No arrests have been made.

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Who are the ISIS brides?

Two women and seven children have been escorted out of Melbourne Airport after touching down about 4.30pm on Tuesday.

Those two women have been identified as Kirsty Rosse-Emile and Kawsar Kanj.

Abraham Abbas, a relative of accused slave owners Kawsar Abbas and Zeinab Ahmad – who were arrested upon their arrival in Australia earlier this month, was seen at Melbourne Airport.

Four women and six children were escorted off the plane that landed in Sydney from Doha about 5.30pm on Tuesday.

They have been identified as Hyam Raad, Nesrine, Amina and Sumaya Zahab.

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Tony Burke insists women returning from Syria who have broken the law will be held to account

Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke earlier today confirmed seven women and 12 children formerly linked to ISIS would arrive in Sydney and Melbourne.

‘The government has not and will not provide any assistance to this group,’ he said.

‘These are people who have made the horrific choice to join a dangerous terrorist organisation and to place their children in an unspeakable situation.

‘As we have said many times, any members of this cohort who have committed crimes can expect to face the full force of the law.’

The women, and some of their children, left Australia between 2012 and 2016 to join men allegedly part of ISIS – a terrorist group that sought to seize power in Iraq and Syria.

Following the group’s fall in 2019, the women and their children were placed in Al-Roj refugee camp in far northeastern Syria.

The men were either executed or imprisoned. Boys held in Al-Roj were also transferred to adult prison once they hit teenage years, sometimes slightly before.

The Australian Government has had over a decade to prepare for the repatriation of the women and children.

Four of the women arrived in Australia, three in Melbourne and one in Sydney, earlier this month. Only one walked free, the rest were arrested and charged.

It is unclear whether the women who arrived in Australia on Tuesday will be charged.

Reports suggest police are prioritising the women and children’s quiet removal from Sydney and Melbourne airports.

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Claims police won’t charge ISIS brides arriving in Sydney

There have been reports none of the four women, formerly linked to ISIS, who landed in Sydney on Tuesday night will be charged by Australian Federal Police upon arrival.

Instead, the unconfirmed reports suggest they will be offered health assistance and a private escort out of the airport.

Daily Mail has contacted AFP for further comment.

A passenger on board the plane from Doha said that the four women and six children had to disembark first while the rest of the plane waited.

Members of the group were then spotted being escorted through a separate area of the terminal while the other passengers went through customs.

14:33

Sydney flight has landed

The flight from Doha to Sydney has landed at Sydney International Airport.

The large group of women and children will soon disembark and begin making their way through security and customs.

14:24

Sydney flight minutes from touching down

The flight from Doha to Sydney carrying four women and six children formerly linked to terror group ISIS are due to land in the coming minutes.

It comes after the flight to Melbourne, carrying two women and seven children, landed early about 4.30pm.

Several armed guards were seen patrolling Sydney International Airport in preparation for the women and children’s arrival.

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One ISIS bride stopped from boarding plane to Australia

Hodan Abby has been banned from returning to Australia on national security grounds under a government-issued temporary exclusion order and is understood to have remained overseas with her child.

Daily Mail understands Abby and her child had secured flights home but were turned away at the airport due to the exclusion order.

Abby was given the option of allowing her daughter to return to Australia with the other mothers because the child is not subject to the order, but she declined. Syrian authorities in Damascus said they would care for them.

Abby’s family has hired Birchgrove Legal principal solicitor Moustafa Kheir to fight the exclusion order, which is due to remain in place until February 2028.

After fleeing her western Sydney home with a friend at the age of 18, Abby spent years trapped in Kurdish-run camps with her daughter, who suffered shrapnel wounds to her head, hip and back.

Her daughter, now aged nine, lives with disabilities and ongoing speech and movement impairments as a result of her injuries.

The 19-strong group of Isis brides returning to Australia TONIGHT
A 19-strong group of women and children linked to Islamic State are expected to face charges when they land in Australia on Tuesday night.