Up to 20,000 people escape from ISIS detention camp as fears terror group could see it ranks swell with prison converts

UP to 20,000 prisoners have broken out of a Syrian ISIS detention camp the size of a city. Between 15,000 and 20,000 detainees, including the families of jihadist fighters, are now at large after ...

'ISIS bride' banned from returning, minister confirms passports

Burke said security agencies had not advised that any of the other Australians in the group warranted an exclusion order.

ISIS brides: Government defends handling of group’s potential return as Coalition floats bold plan

A group has been seeking a return to Australia after being held in a Syrian camp since the militant group’s defeat. While one so-called “ISIS bride” has been given a two-year temporary exclusion order ...

‘They don’t trust Australians’: Opposition leader Angus Taylor claims Labor supporting ‘ISIS bride’ aides, as he begs for economic ‘lies’ to end

Liberal leader Angus Taylor has called for clarity over the government's involvement in the high-profile “ISIS bride” saga, ...

Australian ‘ISIS bride’ return blocked as encrypted messages reveal government contact

The government has not revealed the woman’s identity, age or the specific reasons for blocking her entry into the country, but confirmed she originally came to Australia and was granted citizenship ...

Security expert Mike Pezzullo outlines legal pathways to delay ISIS bride’s return, as security fears continue

Mike Pezzullo says there are at least two discretionary mechanisms available to Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke to delay the return of so-called ISIS brides to Australia, even if the government is ...

Chris Minns comments on ISIS brides trigger more questions on Anthony Albanese’s policy

The Albanese government faces sustained pressure to provide more details on the potential return of 34 ISIS brides and their children after NSW Premier Chris Minns revealed a third of the cohort ...

Liberal bid to criminalise ISIS bride helpers as Kurdish authorities quicken to shut Syrian camp

The Coalition is proposing criminal penalties of up to 10 years jail for people who help ISIS brides come to Australia, after Kurdish authorities revealed the Syrian camp that has been housing them ...

Taylor’s about-face on ISIS bride comment

The Opposition Leader has softened his language on the so-called ISIS brides cohort after a remark from one of his frontbenchers.

‘We don’t want them’: Burke’s ISIS bride rebuke

The minister charged with Australia’s national security has been grilled on Labor’s handling of so-called ISIS brides.

Albanese changes tune on immigration and 'ISIS brides' as One Nation effect hits

A lot has been written about One Nation cannibalising the Coalition's vote, but less attention has been given to how the rise ...

ISIS bride barred from returning to Australia

An ISIS bride has been barred from returning home from Syria under a rare temporary exclusion order. The Muslim community is raising major security concerns, fearing that rising Islamophobic threats ...