MELBOURNE: The last Australian woman held in a Syrian camp for families of Daesh group fighters has been given permission to return to Australia under strict conditions, Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke said Thursday. The woman and her nine-year-old daughter had planned to return to Australia in February with a group of Australian women and children held in the Roj camp, but was prevented from leaving by a temporary exclusion order. Australia created the orders in 2019 to prevent defeated Daesh fighters from returning from the Middle East for up to two years.

Hodan Abby has been granted permission return from Syria, but will face “significant and invasive surveillance” upon arrival.

Hodan Abby has been granted permission return from Syria, but will face “significant and invasive surveillance” upon arrival.