Wife of slain Australian IS fighter 'not a citizen', won't be allowed back to US

Hoda Muthana said she was "really young and ignorant" when she joined IS and now wishes to return home.

Suhan Rahman and Hoda Muthana. US citizen Hoda Muthana has said she was "really young and ignorant" when she joined IS and now wishes to return home. Source: AAP, Facebook

The former wife of Australian IS fighter Suhan Rahman, who was killed in 2015, will not be allowed to return to the US.

Hoda Muthana left Alabama to join IS when she was 19, and this week pleaded with authorities to let her come home.

The United States announced it would refuse to take back the US-born woman, saying that she is no longer a citizen.

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