Mother begs Australia to help daughter, grandchildren flee IS

SYDNEY: The mother-in-law of one of Australia’s most notorious Islamic State fighters has pleaded for the government to help her “desperate” daughter and five grandchildren flee the Middle East, saying she made “the mistake of a lifetime.”

Karen Nettleton’s emotional appeal for help came after reports that her son-in-law Khaled Sharrouf and his friend Mohamed Elomar were killed in fighting in the Iraqi city of Mosul in the past week, although officials Wednesday suggested they may have died in Syria.