The Latest Breaking News from Islamic State

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The Australian government is weighting up whether to move ahead with plans to repatriate 16 women and 42 children from a Syrian refugee camp.

Canberra is set to rescue dozens of Australian women and children of Islamic State fighters from refugee camps in Syria, following a secret mission by the country's security intelligence agency, media reported on Monday.

A rescue plan to bring dozens of Australian women and children back from detention camps in Syria is set to be implemented by the federal government.

Dozens of women and children in Syria who are "trapped in one of the worst places in the world" will be extracted and returned to Australia after years

Shane Healey urges government to establish holistic and ‘individualised’ process for kids who spent formative years in violent conditions

Forces said to have opened fire on crowds who were demonstrating over attack targeting Hazara community

A murky alliance between intelligence agencies, among them the UK and US, is revealed in a scandalous tale of mistrust and misjudgment, including British teenager Shamima Begum being smuggled into Syria by a Canadian spy

The federal government is preparing to bring home more than 20 women and 40 children who have been in detention camps since the fall of Islamic State in 2019 after verifying their identities on a trip to Syria earlier this year.