he left behind his family along with his comfortable job to join the fight against the islamic state militants in the middle east george khamis, who has no military background, travelled to  iraq to join an assyrian militia called dwekh nawsha, where he was based just two kilometres away from the is danger zone in batnaya appearing on channel seven's sunday night show, khamis, who was born in iraq, said he wanted to join the fight against is to protect his religious beliefs and family connections sharing a room with six other fighters, the father of two revealed the sleepless nights spent in their own beds with their uniforms on and guns ready to strike at any time scroll down for video  george khamis left his comfortable life and fled the country to join the fight against the islamic state  khamis fled the country to fight against is because he wanted to protect his family connections in iraq  khamis, who was born in iraq, has lived in melbourne for 23 years with his wife and their two young children  the foreign fighter, who has lived in melbourne for 23 years with his wife and their two young children said his family pleaded for his return since fleeing the country 'it's not an easy thing to make that decision, to come all the way from there to here, far far away in a danger zone,' khamis said 'basically i'm here to defend my land my people against islamic state' with the new terror laws introduced, australians who join any militant causes overseas could face a lifetime behind bars should they survive and return he left behind his family along with his comfortable job to join the fight against the islamic state militants  appearing on  sunday night, khamis has not been charged but is awaiting for further questioning by authorities  but after four weeks of fighting, khamis booked a flight  to melbourne but was unsure whether he would be allowed back in the country as he made the long trip home he was detained in abu dabi for several hours and stopped at melbourne airport for questioning but he was eventually released while his sister waited for his arrival sunday night reports khamis has not been charged but has been told that authorities will meet with him for further questioning 'unfortunately it is very serious and i am still concerned,' khamis said khamis was sharing a room with six other fighters, while wearing their uniforms and guns ready to go  khamis joined an assyrian militia called dwekh nawsha, stationed just two kilometres away from the is zone  khamis' distraught sister waited for him at melbourne airport where he was detained for several hours  more than 90 australians are understood to have travelled to the middle east to join militant causes the revelations come after northern territory labour party leader matthew gardiner reportedly fled the country to join the fight against the is in january the 43 year old resigned as nt united voice union secretary and left his wife and their two young children behind to join the kurdish militants meanwhile, sydney jihadists mohamed elomar, khaled sharrouf, and teenager abdullah elmir   dubbed the ginger jihadist   are so far the most high profile australians to have travelled to the middle east to fight with islamic state elmir, a former condell park high student, was filmed on the banks of the river tigris in iraq last october the 17 year old gained notoriety when he declared that isis will not stop their murderous campaign 'until the black flag is flying high in every single land' in the youtube video  nt labour party leader matthew gardiner reportedly fled the country to join the fight against the is in january  ginger jihadi abdullah elmir gained notoriety when he declared that isis will not stop their murderous campaign 'until the black flag is flying high in every single land' in a youtube video  former sydney boxer mohamed elomar posted photos of himself holding up decapitated heads on twitter  australian terrorist khaled sharrouf is wanted by the federal police for his activities in syria  while elomar and sharrouf have appeared regularly in islamic state videos one of which included a beheading of a prisoner convicted terrorist sharrouf served three years and 11 months in prison over his role in the 2005 pendennis terror plot he left australia illegally last year and is believed to be fighting with isis up to 40 australian women were also known to have travelled to syria and iraq to become 'jihadi brides' or work with terrorists more than 100 australians are thought to have travelled overseas to fight in iraq and syria
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an australian man left his comfortable life to join the fight against is  george khamis joined an assyrian militia called dwekh nawsha  the father of two risked his life and could face lifetime imprisonment  he recently returned home to melbourne after four weeks of fighting  khamis was questioned at the airport but has since been released  appearing on channel seven's sunday night, khamis has not been charged but is awaiting for further questioning by authorities 