The Australian | Karen Nettleton's lost bid for grandkids taken to Syria The Australian Karen Nettleton has arrived back in Sydney after abandoning her mission to rescue her orphaned grandchildren, who were smuggled into an Islamic State-controlled region of Syria by their father, convicted Australian terrorist Khaled Sharrouf. The ABC's ... Khaled Sharrouf's mother-in-law Karen Nettleton returns to Sydney after failing to rescue grandchildren Karen Nettleton: Grandmother returns home after thwarted bid to save children from Islamic State Gran's Syrian rescue bid ends in failure |