Australian authorities have charged a woman with joining the Islamic State terrorist organization following her return from Syria.

The woman returned to Australia with her children eight months prior to her arrest, having traveled from Lebanon. She is among several groups of women and children who have returned to Australia in recent months after spending years in Syrian camps.

The charges relate to her alleged membership in the Islamic State organization during her time in Syria. Australian law enforcement agencies have been monitoring and processing the return of Australian citizens who traveled to Syria and Iraq during the height of the Islamic State's territorial control.

The repatriation of Australian women and children from Syrian detention camps has been an ongoing process, with authorities carefully screening returnees for potential security risks and criminal activity. Many of those returning had been held in camps in northeastern Syria following the collapse of Islamic State's territorial control.

Australian counterterrorism laws allow for the prosecution of citizens who joined or supported terrorist organizations abroad, even if their alleged crimes occurred outside Australian territory.