Opposition Warns New ‘ISIS Bride’ Cohort Could Be More Dangerous than the Last

Liberal Senator Jonathon Duniam raised concerns as another cohort of ISIS brides and their children is expected to return to Australia in the coming week.

A woman associated with the ISIS arrives at Melbourne Airport in Melbourne, Australia, on May 07, 2026. Asanka Ratnayake/Getty Images

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

The women and their children have been living in northeast Syria’s al-Roj internment camp after leaving Australia to join ISIS’s campaign to establish a self-declared caliphate, which collapsed in 2019.