The wife of a senior Islamic State member will today face court in Wagga Wagga charged with entering parts of Syria controlled by the regime.

Mariam Raad is one of a group of women repatriated from a Syrian detention camp.

Global Islamic Politics Professor Greg Barton has told John Stanley, the charges aren’t a surprise.

“The only surprise is that it’s taken this long.”

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Hilltops Councillor Brian Ingram told Mark Levy the community had no knowledge at all that Ms Raad was living in Young.

“The whole issue was very contentious from day one.”