Parents of a young pregnant woman, 24, who fled to Syria to join the Islamic State with her husband beg for her to be allowed to return to Australia
- Kirsty Rosse-Emile moved to Syria with her husband Nabil Kadmiry in 2014
- Her parents insist their daughter was 'taken' and husband was behind the move
- A relative of Mr Kadmiry believed couple were radicalised shortly after marriage
- Ms Rosse-Emile is stuck at Al-Hawl camp following ISIS defeat at Baghouz
- Also there is Shayman Assaad, wife of Australian tradesman turned ISIS recruit
- Shayman Assaad was 15 when she moved to Syria from Australia with parents
- Now aged 19, Mrs Assaad is pregnant and living in the crowded Al-Hawl camp
- She said she deserves a 'second chance' and wants to take three children back
- Her husband is being held by Kurdish forces at Baghouz in eastern Syria
Kirsty Rosse-Emile, 24 (pictured), moved with her husband Nabil Kadmiry to Syria in 2014 and fled to a refugee camp in the northeast of the country weeks before the ISIS stronghold at Baghouz toppled last month
The parents of a young, Australian mother have begged the government to let their pregnant daughter back into the country after she left to live overseas with Islamic State.
Kirsty Rosse-Emile, 24, moved with her husband Nabil Kadmiry to Syria in 2014 and fled to a refugee camp in the northeast of the country weeks before the ISIS stronghold at Baghouz toppled last month.
Her father Gus - who asked for his surname to not be published - insists his daughter is not a terrorist and that her husband was the reason behind the move.
'I wasn’t on good terms with the bloke because the bloke had some funny ideas,' he told The Australian.
'He was lazy and he went to the (now-defunct Islamic centre) Al-Furqan and all that.
Ms Rosse-Emile had travelled with her husband to Morocco in early 2014, to visit Mr Kadmiry's family farm before the pair moved to Syria.
According to Gus, he had no idea of the move and believed Ms Rosse-Emile was 'taken' to the country because she was a trained nurse.
Ms Rosse-Emile and her two-year-old daughter Amira are just two of the 70,000 people stuck in the Al-Hawl refugee camp (stock image)
The anxious father said he only learned of his daughter's whereabouts three years later, and even then it was because Ms Rosse-Emile was asking him for help to come home.
Ms Rosse-Emile's mother said her daughter would never have left for Syria on her own. Instead, she also believes Mr Kadmiry had 'taken' her to the country.
Though a relative of Mr Kadmiry said they believed Ms Rosse-Emile and her partner had been radicalised sometime after their marriage six years ago.
A Facebook profile was created under Ms Rosse-Emile's adopted Islamic name, Asmaa. In a July 21, 2012 post are pictures of terrorist figures such as Al-Qaída leader Osama bin Laden with the words 'Lions of Islam'.
Another image is of a poster with the slogan, 'Jihad. The only solution.'
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While Mr Kadmiry's relative agreed Ms Rosse-Emile and her partner had disappeared without telling anyone, they said Mr Kadmiry called his mother - who lives in Morroco - shortly after the move to update her on their location.
The pleas from Ms Rosse-Emile's parents come as pressure mounts on the Australian government to bring home scores of Australian women living in refugee camps in northern Syria and Iraq.
Ms Rosse-Emile and her two-year-old daughter Amira are just two of the 70,000 people stuck in the Al-Hawl refugee camp.
Also living in the camp is Shayma Assaad, the pregnant wife of an Australian tradesman who turned into an ISIS recruit.
Mrs Assaad was 15 when she moved to Syria from Australia with her parents, and she later married Mohammed Noor Masri, 26.
Now aged 19, Mrs Assaad is living in the crowded Al-Hawl camp with 73,000 others near the border of Syria and Iraq.
Her husband said he is being held by Kurdish forces at Baghouz in eastern Syria after surrendering about a month ago.
Shayma Assaad (pictured) was 15 when she moved to Syria from Australia with her parents, and she later married Mohammed Noor Masri, 26
Mr Masri (pictured) said he wants to get his Australian pregnant wife Shayma Assaad and their three boys out of Syria
Mrs Assaad has begged for her to be allowed to return to Australia with her three young boys.
'Everyone in life deserves a second chance so why can't we have a second chance?' she told The Age while wearing a niqab.
'We're human just the same way they're human and everybody makes mistakes.
'I think we deserve to go back home like everyone else would deserve to go back home.'
Mr Masri said he wanted to get his pregnant wife and three children out of Syria.
'[I feel] remorseful, regretful. I mean, people make mistakes. And you have to pay the price for your mistake,' he said.
Mr Masri said he was prepared to face a lengthy jail term in Australia for his 'mistake' if allowed to return with his family.
He said he would prefer to be prosecuted in Australia or under international law, which recognises such things as 'human rights'.
The air conditioning service tradesman claimed he didn't fight for ISIS but rather worked in a hospital where he maintained refrigerators and air conditioning units.
The orphaned children (pictured) of notorious terrorist Khaled Sharrouf could be back on Australian soil in a matter of weeks (Zaynab, top left; Hoda, top right; Humzeh, bottom centre; Abdullah, bottom right; Zarqawi, bottom left)
Meanwhile, the orphaned children of notorious terrorist Khaled Sharrouf could be back on Australian soil in a matter of weeks.
The home-grown terrorist's eldest daughter, 17-year-old Zaynab, is 33 weeks pregnant with her third child and is suffering from severe malnutrition.
She is also living in the Al-Hawl camp alongside her sister Hoda, 16, and their only surviving brother, eight-year-old Humzeh.
But if the children are able to leave the camp and make their way to an Australian embassy, they may have a chance at receiving new passports and flying home immediately.
Zaynab has two daughters; three-year-old Ayesha and two-year-old Fatima, and is believed to be seriously injured with shrapnel wounds that aren't healing in the camp, The Daily Telegraph reported.
Her two other brothers, Abdullah, 12, and Zarqawi, 11, were killed alongside Khaled in September 2017 in a US air strike on ISIS territory
She is also said to be severely dehydrated and malnourished in the camp, where they are among other foreign born fighting families who escaped Baghouz - ISIS last stronghold.
She married her father's good friend and fellow Australian jihadi Mohamed Elomar aged just 13, but he died fighting shortly after.
The teenager is preparing to give birth to her third child in the coming weeks, but her grandmother Karen Nettleton is working toward removing her and her siblings from the camp as soon as possible.
The Australian woman, who's daughter Tara smuggled her five children out of Australia to follow her husband to Syria, died from medical complications 2015, is the legal guardian of the children.
She moved her life from Australia to a private residence in Qamishli, Syria, to help bring the children home.
Australians begging to come home after fighting with ISIS
Oliver Bridgeman, 21
Olive Bridgeman, 21, (pictured) claims he went to Syria to be a humanitarian worker.
- The 21-year-old from Toowoomba in Queensland's Darling Downs claimed he travelled to Syria to be a humanitarian worker.
- He previously assured his mother and father he hadn't been fighting in the war-torn nation, where ISIS terrorists are battling for control.
- His passport has been cancelled by the Australian government and he has been stuck in the war-torn area since 2016.
Mahir Absar Alam, 26,
Mahir Absar Alam, 26, (pictured), was caught just outside Baghouz.
- Alam joined Islamic State just four weeks after it declared its so-called caliphate in 2014.
- He has allegedly expressed regret for joining.
- The 26-year-old faces spending time in a prison camp in Syria, and could be taken to Iraq for trial or possibly be deported back to Australia, where he could be prosecuted.
Ahmed Merhi, 27
Ahmed Merhi, 27, (pictured) has begged Australia to help him escape.
- Sydney terrorist Ahmed Merhi has begged Australia to help him after he was sentenced to death by hanging in Iraq.
- The former Granville Boys High School student, from Sydney's west, travelled to Syria in 2014 or 2015.
- At the time, he claimed he was travelling to the war-torn region to perform aid work.
Janai Safar, 24
Janai Safar, 24, (pictured), previously vowed never to return to Australia.
- Safar is living in a refugee camp in northern Syria after its defeat.
- She left Australia to allegedly join the jihadi terror group in 2015.
- She previously vowed she'd never return to Australia.
- 'It was my decision to come here to go away from where women are naked on the street. I don't want my son to be raised around that,' she said.
Zehra Duman, 24,
Zehra Duman, 24, (pictured) hit headlines in Australia when she fled to Syria in 2014.
- Duman, from Melbourne, is believed to be held at the al-Hawl refugee camp in Syria with her two-year-old son and six-month-old daughter.
- She claims she has been trying to leave ISIS for two years.
- The 24-year-old said she knows Australians would be angry with her but insisted: 'My kids have a right to be treated like normal kids.'
Khaled Sharrouf's children: Zaynab, 17, Hoda, 16, and Humzeh, eight
Zaynab (top left), Hoda (top right), and Humzeh (bottom, middle) are in the al-Howl camp.
- The Australian terrorist's remaining three children have been held at the al-Hawl refugee camp in north-eastern Syria since mid-march.
- Their Sydney-based mother, Tara Nettleton, smuggled the children out of Australia after her husband left to join the caliphate.
- Nettleton is believed to have died in 2016, while Sharrouf and his two eldest sons were believed to have been killed in an airstrike in 2017.
While the children are Australian citizens, it is not yet clear whether they still have valid passports.
Scott Morrison and his party have previously expressed their desire to keep foreign fighters off Australian shores.
The prime minister said he will not 'put one Australian life at risk' to bring home children of ISIS fighters, but will reportedly support the children's journey back to Australia should they arrive at an embassy and pass security checks.
The children's two other brothers, Abdullah, 12, and Zarqawi, 11, were killed alongside Khaled in September 2017 in a US air strike on ISIS territory.
They became infamous worldwide after Khaled distributed a picture of Abdullah holding a severed head.
