Police say in a release Thursday that Ammara Amjad and Dure Ahmed appeared in Ontario provincial court by video conference for a bail hearing in relation to the peace bond applications.
RCMP say the matter was adjourned and the women remain in custody until their next scheduled court appearance on Tuesday.
“The success of this investigation can be attributed to the strength of our policing partnerships,” Chief Superintendent Matt Peggs said in the release.
“The RCMP stands fast against support to terrorism, including support to groups such as ISIS, and remains committed to the safety of all Canadians.”
Greenspon said the Crown is seeking terrorist peace bonds that would place strict conditions on them.
There are many foreign nationals in Syrian camps run by Kurdish forces that reclaimed the war-ravaged region from the extremist Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.
Under a terrorism peace bond, a judge can order the defendant to enter into an arrangement to be of good behaviour or possibly face a prison sentence. Conditions such as a curfew or prohibition on having weapons might be attached.
Kimberly Polman, a British Columbia woman repatriated to Canada from Syria last year, was granted bail pending a peace bond hearing.
The latest flight to Canada had been expected to bring more people home from Syria.
He said he expects Global Affairs Canada will try to locate the five people and return them to Canada as well.
A Quebec mother and her six children, who also wanted to come to Canada, are not among the returnees either, Greenspon said.
While the six children have been ruled eligible for repatriation from Syria, their mother has been told she cannot join them because her security assessment is incomplete.
It is “inexcusable,” given that Global Affairs said in writing late last November that the woman and her children met the criteria for federal consideration of assistance to Canadians detained in the region, Greenspon said Thursday.
“It’s just ridiculous to put that up as an excuse.”
Asked about the family on Thursday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Canada will always protect Canadians in difficult situations overseas, but also make sure “we’re doing everything necessary to keep Canadians safe here at home.”
“For operational reasons, I won’t be commenting further.”
“As long as conditions allow, we will continue this work.”
The departments thanked the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria for its co-operation and the United States for its assistance in the repatriation.
“Due to privacy considerations, we cannot provide information about the individuals, and we cannot share details of the repatriation for operational reasons.”
Little is known publicly about the 14 returnees or how they wound up in detention. RCMP officers recently visited Syria to conduct interviews in the camps.
“Where there is sufficient evidence, law enforcement and public safety agencies will independently take the necessary steps to keep our communities safe,” the federal departments said Thursday.
Washington appreciates Canada’s repatriation of the 14 women and children and stands ready to assist other nations in their efforts, said Vedant Patel, principal deputy spokesperson for the U.S. State Department.
Resolving the humanitarian and security challenges that followed the dismantling of ISIL’s so-called caliphate is a key priority for the United States and its partners, Patel said in a statement.
Separately, thousands of ISIL fighters are being held in detention facilities across the region, Patel said. “This constitutes the single largest concentration of detained terrorist fighters in the world and remains a threat to regional and international security.”
