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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Ben Doherty

Australians stranded in Syria ‘scared for their lives’ amid chaos after fall of Bashar al-Assad

Women and children at Roj camp
Roj camp in north-east Syria, where Australian women and children are detained. Photograph: Delil Souleiman/AFP/Getty Images

Australian women and children trapped inside Syrian detention camps say they are “freaking out and so scared … praying for a miracle”, as uncertainty grips the country after the fall of the reviled Assad regime.

“They are scared for their lives – the fear is palpable,” said Kamalle Dabboussy, whose daughter and grandchildren were repatriated two years ago from the Roj camp in Syria’s north-east.

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