Islamic State bride-The woman (claiming to be Australian) says her baby daughter is sick and she wants to bring her children home.
'I want to come back to my country': Australian jihadi bride in Syrian refugee camp speaks out
An Australian woman trapped with her two young children in a refugee camp for Islamic State group families says her daughter needs urgent medical care and she wants to come home.
Key points:
- An Australian woman who joined the Islamic State group says she wants to come home because her baby is sick
- The woman is being held at the Al Hawl refugee camp in north-east Syria
- About 30,000 people have fled northern Syria as Kurdish forces launch their final assault on Islamic State territory
The Australian woman's story appears to match that of Zehra Duman — a 19-year-old who left Melbourne to join the Islamic State in November 2014.
Ms Duman moved to the IS Syrian capital of Raqqa and married Australian fighter Mahmoud Abdullatif.
She was a vocal supporter of the IS group's violent rhetoric on social media, as well as an effective recruiter.
In 2015 Ms Duman, calling herself Umm Abdullatif Australi, posted a picture of a woman holding an automatic rifle, with the caption: "catch me if you can".
In February, the ABC obtained exclusive footage of a woman believed to be Zehra Duman and her daughter in Syria, who then appeared to be healthy.
The video was filmed by American humanitarian worker David Eubank in northern Syria.
After Ms Duman first husband, Abdulatiff's death, Ms Duman married another Islamic State fighter who died two months ago in the battle for Al Soussa, a town near Baghouz.
'I am an Australian citizen'
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All will be revealed when she has to confirm her identity to prove her citizenship of a country.
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