The AFP have confirmed three women have now been arrested after the so-called ISIS brides and their families touched down in Sydney and Melbourne earlier tonight.

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ISIS bride taken straight to police station after touching down in Sydney

ISIS bride taken straight to police station after touching down in Sydney

First vision of the so-called ISIS bride Janai Safar in Australia as she arrives at Mascot…

ISIS bride Janai Safar, 32, has been taken into custody at Sydney airport and driven through a media scrum on her way to the Mascot police station.

The former nursing student, who once told the media she never wanted to return to Australia, is expected to be charged with offences related to entering or remaining in a declared terrorist area.

The offences can carry a ten-year jail sentence. She has a nine-year-old son born after her relationship with an ISIS fighter.

The Australian Federal Police have confirmed three women have now been arrested by Joint Counter Terrorism Teams (JCTT) under Operation Kurrajong.

The other two women, aged 53 and 31, were arrested on arrival into Melbourne International Airport today.

Janai Safar arriving at Mascot police station after touching down at Sydney Airport. Picture: 9News
In a 2019 interview, Janai Safar told journalists that she did not regret travelling to the region.

“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,” Ms Safar said in 2019.

“I didn’t train or kill anyone. I just sat at home, and they will put me in jail, they will take my child off me. Why? I’m a Muslim.

“I saw everything (the coalition forces did), and no one gets punished for that. They say I’m not supposed to be in Syria, but they (the Australians) come to Syria with planes.”

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Other Australian ISIS brides and their families landed in Melbourne tonight, including grandmother Kawsar Abbas, 53.

One of her two adult daughter is understood to be the other woman arrested by the AFP.

A massive group of supporters have gathered at Melbourne airport to escort the family of three mothers and eight children through the throng of reporters.

Men claim they will be providing “security” and escorting the women and their children. Picture: Luis Enrique Ascui
Dressed in black, some of the men were wearing masks and said they would be providing “security” and escorting the women and their children.

Two of the women are expected to be arrested after they clear customs. The Australian Federal Police are expected to hold a media conference later tonight.

The arrest of the women is expected to be filmed by the AFP and released to the media later tonight, which is standard practice.

The ISIS-linked Australians walking through Melbourne Airport on Thursday after landing in Australia filmed by the ABC who travelled on board the same flight. Picture: ABC News
The Melbourne group were filmed shortly after disembarking the flight by ABC reporter Bridget Rollason, who travelled on board the same flight from Doha.

Speaking on ABC TV, Education Minister Jason Clare said the women would face the full force of the law on arrival in Australia.

Some ISIS brides arrived into Melbourne airport aboard a Qatar flight at 5.30pm Thursday. Picture: Jason Edwards
“I’ve got faith in the Australian Federal Police. They know what they’re doing. This is not their first rodeo,’’ he said.

“When the Liberal Party let 40 foreign fighters into the country, they took the steps that they needed to take to keep Australians safe.

“And I trust, in the words of the AFP Commissioner yesterday, when she said that some of these women will be arrested when they arrive and others will be subject to further investigation.”