Australia’s ISIS fighters: Who they are and where they are now

From young teens, to wannabe models and even a doctor. These are the Aussie men who risked everything for ISIS. See the list.

From young teens, to wannabe models and even a doctor. These are the Australian men who risked everything for Islamic State after they turned their backs on their home country.

See the list below:

AUSTRALIA’S ISLAMIC STATE FIGHTERS

Neil Prakash (Victoria)

Notorious Islamic State recruiter. Released from jail in Turkey in early 2022 and placed in immigration detention. Remains in legal limbo after the Australian government revoked his citizenship.

Neil Prakash has been released from jail in Turkey.

Khaled Sharrouf (NSW)

Posted a photo of his young son holding the severed head of a Syrian soldier. Believed to have been killed in an air strike in 2017.

Australian-born “Terror Nine” member Khaled Sharrouf slipped out of the country unnoticed on his brother’s passport

Mohamed Elomar (NSW)

Champion boxer who was close to Sharrouf and reportedly married one of his daughters. Believed to have been killed in 2015.

Mohamed Elomar is thought to have died in 2015.

Mohammad Ali Baryalei (NSW)

Top recruiter of Australian fighters who also tried to order attacks at home. Believed to have died fighting in 2014.

Man that is believed to be Mohammad Ali Baryalei fighting with Islamic State fighters in the Middle East.

Abdullah Elmir (NSW)

Known as the “ginger jihadi”. Appeared in an Islamic State propaganda video threatening Australia. Reportedly killed in 2015.

Sydney’s Ginger Jihadi and Islamic State poster boy Abdullah Elmir.

Tareq Kamleh (WA/SA)

Worked as a doctor for Islamic State. Unverified reports suggested he died in 2018.

Australian doctor Tareq Kamleh calls for violence in new ISIS video

Sharky Jama (Victoria)

Budding male model who was killed fighting in Syria in 2015.

Jihadists ISIS Sharky Jama

Adam Dahman (Victoria)

Was only 18 when he blew himself up in a suicide attack in Iraq in 2014.

Adam Dahman, the Melbourne teen who blew himself up with a suicide bomb in Iraq.

Irfaan Hussein (Victoria)

Died fighting in 2015 at 19. Was close friends with Numan Haider, who was shot dead after stabbing two police officers in Melbourne.

Irfaan Hussein was killed when he was 19.

Zia Abdul Haq (Queensland)

Went to fight after a failed marriage. Believed to have died in 2014.

Former Brisbane man Zia Abdul Haq.

Originally published as Australia’s ISIS fighters: Who they are and where they are now