'Grief changes you': Mother who was arrested in Lebanon after botched 60 Minutes plot to rescue her 'kidnapped' children opens up about her heartache
- Sally Faulkner opens up about her heartache of missing her two children
- She has another son with her new partner, and is expecting her fourth child
- Ms Faulkner made headlines after failed plot with 60 Minutes to bring back kids
A mother who was arrested in Lebanon after a botched 60 Minutes plot to rescue her 'kidnapped' children has opened up about her heartache.
Sally Faulkner has expressed her grief as she awaits the birth of her fourth child, two years after losing the right to bring Lahela, eight, and Noah, five, home from their father, Ali Elamine.
The Brisbane mother who has another son, Eli, with partner Brendan Price, is now expecting her fourth child, Isaac.

Sally Faulkner has expressed her grief as she awaits the birth of her fourth child, two years after losing the right to bring Lahela, eight, and Noah, five, home from their father, Ali Elamine

Sally Faulkner lost the right to bring Lahela and Noah home from Lebanon

The expectant mother shared a photo to Instagram with a heartfelt message showing her heartache of missing her two children
The expectant mother shared a photo to Instagram with a heartfelt message showing her heartache of missing her two children.
'Sometimes depression means ignoring every phone call for an entire month because yes, they have the right number. But you're not the person they're looking for, not anymore,' the quote read.
Next to the post, she wrote: 'Unfortunately, over the past few years I’ve become very withdrawn from social interaction.
'Only a few days of a month do I have it inside of me to talk to others.
'Grief changes you…and no matter how hard you try to make that charge for the best – something will always give.'

Ms Faulker with her ex-husband and their two children in Australia during happier times together

Ms Faulkner and Channel 9 hired agents who snatched her kids from their father, but she and a 60 Minutes crew, including Stephen Rice (pictured) were caught and locked up in Beirut
Ms Faulkner hit headlines in 2016 when she travelled to Beirut with a Channel Nine TV crew to find her young children and take them back to Brisbane.
But the operation ended with crew being arrested and her losing the right to bring Lahela and Noah home.
Their alleged abduction came as a shock after a two-year amicable separation between Ms Faulkner and Mr El Amine.
After their separation Mr El Amine resided in Lebanon, but he frequently visited every couple of months to see Lahela and Noah.
'I never once denied him any access or relationship with the children – he was free to come and go,' Ms Faulkner said.
She said she was reluctant to let her children travel with their father to Lebanon to visit his family for a holiday, but she 'didn't want to be one of those mums that kept the kids from their dad.'
She claims he planned to never return with the children.
Ms Faulkner only realised this horrifying fact when she noticed that her children's immunisation booklets were missing.
She said: 'He knew what he was going to do. I just want him to be reminded that what he's done is wrong and what he's continually doing is not appropriate.'

Lahela pictured in the Beirut safe house Ms Faulkner hid in with her children before they were caught in 2016
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