Parents of Tareq Kamleh, a former doctor from Perth who joined the Islamic State (ISIS), say they discover their son is alive years after they believed he had been killed. The reports describe how the parents’ understanding of his status changed long after they had been told he was dead following an earlier strike. Both outlets frame the parents’ reaction as deeply distressing and surprising, saying they want no ongoing involvement with their son and describe the impact of his decision to travel to join ISIS. While the articles focus on the family’s account of how and when they learned he was alive, they also reference the public record of him being previously thought killed and the passage of years before confirmation or new information emerged. The coverage does not present a detailed, independently verified timeline of the information the family received, but it highlights a key point: the family believed he was deceased for nearly a decade, and they say this belief is overturned by later developments. The reports also reflect ongoing debate and scrutiny around what authorities knew and when.