Three Australian women with links to the Islamic State (IS) group have been formally charged after returning home from Syria.
Kawsar Abbas, 53 and her daughter Zeinab Ahmed, 31 will appear at Melbourne Magistrates Court on Friday, less than 24 hours after they were arrested at Melbourne airport.
Abbas faces four charges of crimes against humanity with police alleging she went to Syria in 2014 and kept a female slave in her home. Ahmed faces two similar charges.
In Sydney, Janai Safar, 32, is also due in court on Friday, charged with allegedly entering and remaining in a declared conflict zone and joining IS. She was arrested and charged on Thursday after landing in Sydney with her son.
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) allege Abbas travelled to Syria in 2014 with her husband and children, and was complicit in the purchase of a female slave for US$10,000, "and knowingly kept the woman in the home".
