Khaled Sharrouf: Terrorist’s daughter Zaynab, 14, breaks her silence after the death of her parents and husband

THE daughter of terrorist Khaled Sharrouf has spoken for the first time about her life in the Islamic State stronghold in Syria with her three-month-old baby and four siblings.

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THE orphaned daughter of terrorist butcher Khaled Sharrouf has revealed the nightmare of living in the Islamic State stronghold in Syria, where there are constant threats against her life such as drone attacks.

And she said the family “know for sure” their terrorist dad is “dead”.

In a series of conversations with The Daily Telegraph, 14-year-old Zaynab Sharrouf said she was struggling with the “stress” of being the sole protector of her newborn and four young siblings following the death of her parents and husband.

Zaynab Sharrouf with her grandmother Karen Nettleton.

Islamic terrorist Khaled Sharrouf.

“My daughter and siblings are fine,” Zaynab said during one social media exchange. “I’m doing fine, just a lot of stress these days.”

Believed to be harboured in the Islamic State stronghold of Raqqa, the young girls cannot leave their shelter without a male chaperone.

This makes it hard for Zaynab to seek outside assistance.

“I don’t want to speak over the net about where I’m located bcuz (sic) it’s dangerous with drones. They hit families alot (sic),” she said.

“I don’t have time to go on the net a lot and its pretty dangerous as well.”

When asked about life among regular drone attacks, the battle-conditioned Zaynab simply said: “No its fine, its normal.”

Zaynab’s mother, Tara Nettleton, died in September after complications following an appendicitis operation. Her father Sharrouf, known as Australia’s worst terrorist, was reportedly killed in a drone strike last August.

Some of the conversations between Zaynab Sharrouf and The Daily Telegraph.

Three-month-old Ayesha,

Zaynab dismissed claims he was still alive.

“My dad alive? Yeah I know about that. But we know for sure that he’s dead. It was confirmed ages ago,” she said.

“Who would you believe, the media that like to make lies or his family who witnessed it.”

The six children Zaynab, Hoda, 13, Abdullah, 11, Zarqawi, 10, Humzeh, 5, and three-month-old Ayesha are wards of Islamic State. The children’s grandmother Karen Nettleton has flown to Abu Dhabi en route to Turkey in a dangerous attempt to track down the children and bring them home.

She is travelling with her solicitor Robert van Aalst.

Experts have warned it could be a suicide mission.

Zaynab said she was regularly in contact with her grandmother and sent her family pictures.

However, she would not comment on if she wanted to come home with her. “I’m in contact with my grandmother thankfully, I try and speak to her as much as I can. I send her photos as well,” she said.

Khaled Sharrouf posing with an AK-47 in an undisclosed location within Iraq / Picture: Twitter

Sharrouf caused worldwide outrage when one of his young sons was photographed holding aloft the severed head of a ­Syrian soldier in Raqqa in 2014. He morbidly captioned the photograph: “That’s my boy.”

The family slipped out of Australia in 2013 after Sharrouf evaded authorities and left on his brother’s passport.

It then emerged Zaynab had “married” her father’s friend, former Sydney boxer and IS terrorist Mohamed Elomar. She had fallen pregnant to him.

Elomar was killed in an air strike in Syria in June. Zaynab gave birth to baby Ayesha late in 2015.

Khaled Sharrouf and boys believed to be his sons / Picture: Twitter

Zaynab had used the name Umm Ayesha (meaning mother of Ayesha) on social media before deleting a number of accounts. She previously called herself Umm Hafs after marrying Elomar, who fought under the name Abu Hafs.

Immigration Minister Peter Dutton has previously said the government would have to consider if the children could be allowed back into Australia. He was concerned they could be so affected by the horrors of Syria and that they may have to be assessed for their risk to national security.

Several attempts were made to contact Mr van Aalst over the past week, but he declined to comment.

Another lawyer acting for Ms Nettleton, Charles Waterstreet, also did not respond.