<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A group of women and children with alleged ties to the militant </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/islamic-state" rel="" target="" title="Islamic State"><span>Islamic State</span></a><span> group could be on their way back to </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/australia" rel="" target="" title="Australia"><span>Australia</span></a><span> within days, having secured flights out of Syria.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The group of four women and nine children </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/australian-women-and-children-leave-syrian-camp-hoping-to-return-home/794201a6-a46d-41d5-8f36-84bc291a95b5" rel="" target="" title="left the dire conditions at Syria's Al-Roj camp on Friday"><span>left the dire conditions at Syria's Al-Roj camp on Friday</span></a><span>, after spending seven years in the camp following the fall of the Islamic State caliphate.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>They all have obtained Australian passports.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/bowen-mountain-house-fire-sydney/8fab652e-c854-48e6-8bf8-952bbc5116ff" rel="" target="" title="Two children killed in horror house fire hours before interstate move"><strong><span>Two children killed in horror house fire hours before interstate move</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The group, who are all Australian citizens, hope to depart Damascus within the next few days.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It's understood the group will need to undergo security clearances in the Syrian capital, with an army official saying it could take around 72 hours from the time they left the camp last Friday.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Once those checks are complete, there could still be further security checks during their flights back to Australia - the exact details and stop-off points of which remain unclear.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/isis-brides-children-secure-flights-to-australia-from-syria/dd98abbd-a10a-4999-b5d2-995533f5c3d5" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>At least some could face criminal charges.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The group of 13 are part of a larger group of 34 Australians – 11 women and 23 children – who attempted to return to Australian shores in February.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Only one of the women has been </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/isis-bride-banned-from-returning-minister-confirms-passports/89c77960-817b-4759-b7aa-6a7c1b2ff32c" rel="" target="" title="temporarily banned from returning to Australia by the federal government"><span>temporarily banned from returning to Australia by the federal government</span></a><span> following their scuttled February repatriation attempt.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/brisbane-magistrates-son-to-face-trial-over-child-abuse-charges-queensland-crime-news/64a57ed1-b98f-4939-86c5-6cde44b640cd" rel="" target="" title="Magistrate's son to face trial over child abuse charges"><strong><span>Magistrate's son to face trial over child abuse charges</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke issued a temporary exclusion order on the woman, which prevents high-risk citizens from returning to Australia for up to two years.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The exclusion orders were introduced in 2019 to prevent defeated Islamic State fighters from returning to Australia.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>There are no public reports of an order being issued before.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Burke said at the time that security agencies had not advised that any of the other Australians in the group warranted an exclusion order and they couldn't be made against children younger than 14.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>However, the federal opposition is calling for most exclusion orders to be issued.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We are talking here about people who deliberately chose a terrorist organisation ahead of Australia," Shadow Foreign Affairs Minister Ted O'Brien said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"They chose violence over peace."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Defence Minister Richard Marles said he has the utmost confidence in the nation's security agencies to bar anyone who poses a threat.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Our intelligence agencies and our security agencies are always alert to anyone who might come into the country and we have utter faith in respect of what they do and of course they monitor people where that is appropriate," he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><em><strong><span>NEVER MISS A STORY:</span></strong></em><span> </span><em><span>Get your breaking news and exclusive stories first by following us across all platforms.</span></em></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><ul><li><em><strong><span>Download the 9NEWS App here via</span></strong></em><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727" target="" title=""><em><strong><span>Apple</span></strong></em></a><span> </span><em><strong><span>and</span></strong></em><span> </span><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nineNewsAlerts.nine.com&amp;hl=en_AU&amp;pli=1" target="" 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