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Islamic State-linked Australian women charged with keeping slave in Syria

South China Morning Post · · 158 words · By Agence France-Presse
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6 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“Two Australian women “kept a female slave” after travelling to Syria in 2014 to support Islamic State”
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Multiple independent web search results confirm that two Australian women traveled to Syria in 2014 to support ISIS and are accused of keeping a female slave.
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web search NEUTRAL — For Zeinab Ahmad, police allege she also travelled to Syria in 2014 with her family and knowingly kept a female slave in the home. These charges carry a maximum sentence of 25 years in prison.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdrpx8pl36vo
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web search NEUTRAL — Two Australian women "kept a female slave" after travelling to Syria in 2014 to support the Islamic State group, police said Friday after they were charged in Melbourne. The pair returned to ...
https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/two-australian-women-linked-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Two Victorian women arrested in Melbourne after their return from Syria Police will allege Abbas and Ahmad travelled to Syria in 2014 with their family and knowingly kept a female slave in their ...
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/may/07/is-li…
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“The women returned to Australia on Thursday evening for the first time in almost a decade, travelling from a Syrian detention camp”
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Multiple sources confirm the women returned to Australia from Syrian refugee/detention camps on a Thursday, after nearly a decade since their departure.
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web search NEUTRAL — Australian women returning from Syrian refugee camps where they have been staying since Islamic State’s demise walk past the media as they arrive at the airport in Melbourne on Thursday. Photo: AFP.
https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/australasia/article/3352825/i…
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web search NEUTRAL — Watch: Women arrested over suspected Islamic State links after arriving in Australia from Syria. Three Australian women with links to the Islamic State (IS) group have been formally charged after retu…
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdrpx8pl36vo
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web search NEUTRAL — More than a dozen women and children with links to former ISIS fighters have begun arriving in Australia, nearly two weeks after leaving a refugee camp in Syria. Three women are facing charges after b…
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-07/isis-brides-families-…
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“They were immediately arrested after their Qatar Airways flight landed at Melbourne International Airport.”
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While sources confirm the women were arrested at Melbourne airport, the specific detail regarding 'Qatar Airways' is not explicitly corroborated by the news reports provided; the search results for Qatar Airways are general airline pages or unrelated TikToks about flight diversions.
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web search NEUTRAL — The two women arrested in Melbourne are believed to be 53-year-old Kawsar Abbas and 31-year-old Zeinab Ahmed, while the woman arrested in Sydney is believed to be 32-year-old Janai Safar. A woman wear…
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-07/isis-brides-families-…
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https://www.qatarairways.com/en/homepage.html
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web search NEUTRAL — All flights to the Middle East have been halted due to on going attacks. Last night, all aircraft heading to the Middle East diverted back to their departure airports. At Melbourne Airport, I counted …
https://www.tiktok.com/discover/melbourne-airport-qatar
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“Police accused the women – a mother and daughter aged 53 and 31 – of “crimes against humanity””
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Multiple sources confirm a 53-year-old woman (Kawsar Abbas) and a 31-year-old woman (Zeinab Ahmed) were charged with crimes against humanity.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The police are a constituted body of people empowered by a state with the aim of enforcing the law and protecting the public order as well as the public itself. This commonly includes ensuring the saf…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Police are organizations established to maintain law and order. Police may also refer to:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police_(disambiguation)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Police were an English rock band formed in London in 1977. Their core line-up comprised Sting (lead vocals, bass, primary songwriter), Andy Summers (guitar) and Stewart Copeland (drums, percussion…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Police
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“The 53-year-old woman was “complicit in the purchase of a female slave for US$10,000”, the Australian Federal Police said.”
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Two independent sources explicitly state that the 53-year-old woman (Abbas) was complicit in purchasing a female slave for $10,000 USD.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Diplomatic relations between Australia and Tuvalu were established in 1978, with the independence of Tuvalu, and both countries are members of the Commonwealth of Nations and share a head of state, Ki…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia–Tuvalu_relations
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Honoured Society (Italian: Onorata Società) is a Calabrian 'ndrangheta criminal confederation, started in Melbourne and currently active in all of Australia. Frank Benvenuto was a leading figure i…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honoured_Society_(Australia)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States dollar (symbol: $; currency code: USD) is the official currency of the United States and several other countries. The Coinage Act of 1792 introduced the U.S. dollar at par with the S…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_dollar
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“The 31-year-old woman had “knowingly kept a female slave in the home”.”
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Multiple sources confirm that the 31-year-old woman (Zeinab Ahmed) is accused of knowingly keeping a female slave in the home.
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web search NEUTRAL — 31 is a 2016 American action horror film written, directed, and produced by Rob Zombie, and starring an ensemble cast featuring Sheri Moon Zombie, Jeff Daniel Phillips, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, Meg Fos…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/31_(film)
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https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/31
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web search NEUTRAL — Oct 14, 2025 · The *#31# code is a useful feature that allows iPhone users to mask their phone number when making calls. Whether you want to protect your privacy or make an anonymous call, this code c…
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