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Australia repatriates 17 women and children from Syrian camp

An estimated 11,000 foreign children and women remain in the Roj and al-Hol refugee camps in northeastern Syria.

Al Jazeera

'Willing to do whatever is asked': Women repatriated from Syria regret trouble caused

The four Australian women, who have come home from a Syrian detention camp, say they are willing to do whatever it takes to keep the community safe.

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Australian women and children trapped in Syria back in Sydney as Coalition condemns ‘inexcusable’ mission

Children in a ‘wild new world’ but mothers could face continued controls, including ankle monitors and curfews

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In Jordan Camp, a New Generation of Syrians Born in Exile

Ten years after fleeing war in her native Syria, Hadeel is expecting a third child, brought into a life of poverty and uncertainty at the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan. The squalid camp, 50 kilometers (30 miles) north of the capital Amman, is home to some 80,000 Syrian refugees, according…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Australia Repatriates Australian Women and Children from Syrian Refugee Camp

The Australian government has repatriated four Australian women and their 13 children from a Syrian refugee camp to New South Wales state, Home Affairs Minister Clare O'Neil said on Saturday. The controversial repatriation, which has sparked criticism from the Liberal-National opposition, is part of bringing back from Syria dozens of…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Australia repatriates Australian women and children from Syrian refugee camp

The Australian government has repatriated four Australian women and their 13 children from a Syrian refugee camp to New South Wales state, Home Affairs Minister Clare O'Neil said on Saturday.

Reuters

Australian families arrive back in Sydney from Syrian detention camp

The first group of Australian women and children held in a detention camp in north-east Syria since the fall of the Islamic State group in 2019 has been successfully repatriated.

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Coalition attacks repatriation of women and children from Syria – as it happened

A further 40 who remain in Syria are expected to be returned in two separate repatriations in coming weeks. This blog is now closed

The Guardian - AU

'Emotional' homecoming for IS families

Four Australian women and 13 children who have been in the al-Roj camp in Syria since the fall of the terrorist group Islamic State have now arrived in Sydney.

AAP

‘Whoever says Syria’s safe is a liar’: country’s tourist drive at odds with human rights record

Vloggers visit the country to create audience-boosting content, but critics say they’re being cynically used by the Assad regime

The Guardian - UK

Australia Begins Repatriating Wives, Children of ISIS Militants

Australian relatives of dead or jailed ISIS militants are en route to Sydney, local media reported on Friday, as the country begins the controversial repatriation of dozens of Australian women and children from Syrian refugee camps. Australia first rescued eight children and grandchildren of two dead ISIS extremists from a…

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Report: Australian women, children returning from Syria camp

Australian Broadcasting Corporation reports the first group of Australian women and children held in a Syrian camp since the Islamic State group fell in 2019 is bound for Sydney despite government opponents arguing they pose an unacceptable extremist threat

The Independent UK

Perpetrator of Syria’s Tadamon massacre still working on military base

Maj Amjad Yousef, identified on videos as killer of dozens of people, accused of directing more mass killings

The Guardian - UK

Four Australian families held in Syrian detention camps returning to Sydney within days

Four mothers and 13 or more children detained since fall of Islamic State are being repatriated to Australia in federal government operation

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Australian women and children returning to Sydney from Syrian detention camp, where they were held after the fall of Islamic State

The first group of Australian women and children held in Syria is returning to Sydney after spending four years languishing in a detention camp.

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Vladimir Putin sends Sergei Surovikin, who unleashed terror in Syria, to lead war in Ukraine

In deploying one of his most brutal generals, who unleashed terror in Syria, Vladimir Putin is signalling a shift in strategy for his war in Ukraine. But history suggests Sergei Surovikin could leave disaster in his wake.

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Return of Islamic State wives to Australia causes fear for those who escaped the brutality

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.

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Canada Repatriates 2 women, 2 Children from Syria Camps

Canada has repatriated two women and two children from camps in Syria holding family members of suspected ISIS militants, and charged one with supporting terrorism, officials said Wednesday. This followed years of pressure on Ottawa -- which long refused for security reasons to repatriate as many as 50 Canadians believed…

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Syrian Ministry: Israeli Strikes Hit Near Damascus

Israeli strikes hit several positions near Damascus in the early hours of Thursday, the Syrian defense ministry said, in the third such attack in less than a week. Israel has carried out hundreds of airstrikes on Syrian territory since civil war broke out there in 2011, targeting government positions as…

Reuters

Canada police arrest Syria returnee on terrorism-related charges

Canadian police said on Wednesday they had arrested a woman on her return to Canada after 5 years in detention by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) for allegedly working for the Islamic State.

Al Jazeera

Canada repatriates two women, two children from northeast Syria

Rights groups are calling on Canada to bring back all citizens held in ‘inhumane’ conditions in Syria’s detention camps.

The Independent UK

Takeaways from investigation of Russian general in Ukraine

The carnage left by Russian soldiers on the road to Kyiv wasn’t random

Daily Mirror

Horrific abuse at hands of ISIS leader detailed by US family after brainwashing hundreds

The Kansas native moved to Egypt in 2008 before settling in Syria with her husband who was in a leadership position in the Islamic State

Belfast Live

Award-winning Syrian born musician Maya Youssef set to make Northern Ireland debut

A wonderful night of mesmerising Arabic music is in store!

The Independent UK

2,700-year-old rock carvings discovered in Iraq's Mosul

Archaeologists in northern Iraq have unearthed 2,700-year-old rock carvings featuring war scenes and trees, dating back to the Assyrian Empire

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