Woman charged with joining Isis after returning from Syria

Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleMedia wait outside Melbourne Magistrates Court where the women were expected to face questioning by Australian Federal Police upon their arrival (Getty)An Australian woman, 34, has been charged with joining Isis and entering a declared conflict zone after returning home from a Syrian refugee camp. She allegedly travelled to Syria in 2013 or 2014 to join Isis, with a man believed to be currently held in a Middle Eastern prison. Kurdish forces detained the woman in March 2019, and she was subsequently held in the Al-Hawl refugee camp before returning to Australia via Lebanon in September. The woman is expected to appear in a Melbourne court, facing a maximum penalty of up to 10 years in prison for each offence. Her charges are part of ongoing investigations into several Australian women returning from Syrian camps, a situation that has drawn political criticism. In fullIsis-linked Australian woman charged with terror offences months after returning from SyriaThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in

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