Suzanne Dredge

Australian children left behind by Islamic State are facing indefinite detention in north-east Syria with little hope of being released.

An accused Islamic State facilitator wanted here and in the US for his role with the terrorist group has been returned to Australia eight years after he left to become involved in the Syrian civil war.

A Sydney man wanted by the FBI over accusations he helped young Americans join Islamic State has confessed to Turkish authorities that he worked for the group as a translator and communications official, the ABC can reveal.

Sickness and disease is rife, but residents of the al-Hawl refugee camp face another threat — from the Islamic State brides who have taken on the role of camp moral police.

A desire to understand how Australians become radicalised has spawned some popular ideas about the creation of jihadists that are misleading or completely incorrect, a leading expert warns.

The young men under investigation for involvement in this month's terrorist shooting at Parramatta were suspected by police of trying to source a gun since at least March.