The Latest Breaking News from Roj

Exclusive: ‘I have spent half my life in a tent closed off by gates like a prison,’ says the child, who is under 10, in a voice message to Anthony Albanese

Global director general says ‘state of in-limbo cannot last longer’, with about 40 citizens still believed to be detained indefinitely

Mohamed Ibrahim can barely bring himself to recall his run-in with so-called Islamic State fighters — he's terrified about the prospect of their wives returning to Australia.

About 60 wives, sons and daughters of slain or jailed IS combatants to be rescued from Roj camp, but some women face arrest upon return to Australia

Australia's government said Monday its "overriding priority" is to protect its citizens, following reports that it will repatriate dozens of women and children from detention camps in Syria. Australian media, led by a weekend story in The Guardian, reported that the government had decided to bring home about 20 Australian…

One man whose daughter and grandchildren are in the Roj camp says the government has not notified family members of rescue missions

Exclusive: More than 20 Australian women and more than 40 children related to Islamic State combatants held in al-Hawl And Roj camps

Syria’s autonomous Kurdish administration handed Tajikistan 146 women and children who were held in the al-Hol and Roj camps in northeast Syria. The operation was the largest of its kind since March 2009. It included 104 children and 42 women who arrived in Syria in early 2015.

The recent repatriation of Belgian women and children from extremist camps in northeast Syria, supervised by the Syrian Democratic Forces, has brought their problem to light once again. The Autonomous Administration announced that Arab and western government delegations have received 81 children and dozens of mothers from al-Hol and Roj…