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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rod McGuirk

Australia blocks citizen’s return from Syria due to ‘links to Islamic State’

Family members of suspected Islamic State militants who are Australian nationals walk toward a van bound for the airport in Damascus - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

The Australian government has prohibited one of its citizens, who allegedly has ties to the Islamic State group, from returning to the country from a Syrian detention camp.

This individual was part of a larger group of 34 women and children who attempted to fly from Damascus to Australia on Monday. However, Syrian authorities reportedly turned them back to the Roj detention camp, citing "procedural problems."

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