Mariam Raad, 31, was arrested on Thursday in Young, within the state’s south-west, the place she had been dwelling since being returned in October.
Australian Federal Police and NSW Police investigators from the NSW Joint Counter Terrorism Team executed warrants at her residence and a house in Parklea, in Sydney’s north-west, the place a relative lives.
She was charged with getting into, or remaining in, “declared areas” – on this case Syria, which was below the management of the terrorist group IS – in breach of federal regulation.
She faces as much as 10 years in jail if convicted.
Raad confronted Griffith Local Court by way of an audio-visual hyperlink on Friday after being held in custody in Wagga.
She was granted bail on Friday and was compelled to give up her passport.
Among 12 bail circumstances, she was banned from contacting anybody in jail or related to a terrorist group, barred from viewing or distributing materials on issues together with terrorism and associated propaganda, and can’t try to amass a firearm.
She’s as a result of seem at Young Local Court on March 15.
Margaret Roles, the mayor of Hilltops Council, which oversees Young, mentioned it wasn’t recognized that Raad was locally and declined to remark additional because the matter is earlier than the courts.
“We’ve been a diverse but inclusive community for a long time,” Roles advised AAP on Friday.
It will probably be alleged in courtroom that Raad travelled to Syria in early 2014 to affix her husband – Muhammad Zahab – who left Australia in 2013 and joined IS.
It will probably be additional alleged Raad was conscious of her husband’s actions with IS and willingly travelled to the battle area.
The husband, a former Sydney maths trainer who rose by way of the ranks of the fear outfit, is believed to have died in Syria in 2018.
The girl was till final 12 months dwelling within the Al Roj Internally Displaced Persons camp in northern Syria, which has been below Kurdish management because the defeat of IS.
The investigation into the lady started when she was in Syria and continued after she returned.
The federal police commander tasked with monitoring terror dangers mentioned the joint counter-terrorism group would proceed to analyze Australians coming back from declared battle areas.
“Individuals will be brought before the courts when evidence supports allegations that returned individuals have committed offences in conflict areas,” Acting Assistant Commissioner Sandra Booth mentioned on Thursday.
Raad was one in all 4 ladies and 13 kids repatriated from the Syrian camp to Sydney in October final 12 months.
All of the ladies had been married to IS fighters who are actually useless or in jail.
The NSW Joint Counter Terrorism Team includes members of the AFP, NSW Police, the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation and the NSW Crime Commission.
