Wife of NSW ISIS recruit to fight charges

Fatima Elomar, who is married to an Islamic State recruit from Sydney, faces an estimated two-week terror-related trial from November 16.

Fatima Elomar

Fatima Elomar arrives to the Downing Centre Local Court in Sydney, Monday, May 4, 2015. (File: AAP Image/David Moir) Source: AAP

The wife of an Islamic State recruit from Sydney will fight charges of supporting overseas terrorism.

Fatima Elomar was stopped at Sydney Airport trying to board an international flight with her children on May 3 last year.

She has been charged with supporting incursions into a foreign state with the intention of engaging in hostile activities.

Elomar, who is married to Islamic State recruit Mohamed Elomar, appeared on Friday at Downing Centre District Court, where an estimated two-week trial was set down for November 16.

The crown applied successfully to have Elomar's bail conditions amended to have her report to a western Sydney police station weekly.

The court heard Elomar has already surrendered her passport.

Her husband is believed to be fighting with Islamic State and last year posted pictures online of himself holding the severed heads of Syrian government soldiers.


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