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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
By Lewis Jackson

Australian woman gets bail after arrest for entering Islamic State area

An Australian court granted conditional bail on Friday to a woman arrested on charges of entering and remaining in areas of Syria held by the militant group Islamic State.

Police arrested 31-year-old Mariam Raad on Thursday, saying she willingly travelled to Syria in early 2014 to join her husband, fully aware he was an active member of the Islamist militant group.

Her husband is believed to have died in Syria in 2018, they added.

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