The father of a woman linked to the Islamic State group says his daughter is "happy to be home" in Sydney's south-west but she is exhausted after more than a decade stranded in Syria. Nesrine Zahab returned to Sydney with her eight-year-old son on Tuesday night, along with three other women and their children. Two separate groups of women, referred to by media as "ISIS brides", have returned to Sydney and Melbourne this month along with their children.