
#theguardian.com. × Liberal senator breaks with party to urge ‘mercy for the children’ of IS-linked Australian women in Syria. Backbencher Andrew McLachlan describes the 23 children as ‘innocents’ victimised by their parents’ ‘tragic attraction to a horrible ideology’
#Mar.04.2026

#theguardian.com. × Angus Taylor snaps at journalist as Liberals ramp up rhetoric against Australian children in Syrian camp. Opposition leader suggests 23 children and 11 women attempting to leave al-Roj are ‘Isis sympathisers’
#Mar.02.2026

#theguardian.com. × Islamic State emerges from rubble of north-east Syria to exploit discontent with al-Sharaa. ‘Rebranded’ terror group seeks to recruit those alienated by Damascus government’s western pivot
#Feb.28.2026


#theguardian.com. × In 2022, Labor MPs urged compassion for Australian women and children stuck in Syria. Now Albanese has only contempt | Dan Jervis-Bardy. The government’s drastically changed rhetoric about its legal obligations to Australian citizens is a symptom of 2026’s ugly politics
#Feb.24.2026

#theguardian.com. × Australian women held in Syrian camp say they would accept children returning home separately. Exclusive: Some of the 11 mothers detained in Kurdish-controlled al-Roj camp say they want Australian government to repatriate children at any cost
#Feb.24.2026

#theguardian.com. × Australian families in convoy from Syrian camp warned they would be attacked unless they turned around. Exclusive: Government forces issued threat because Australian government failed to coordinate with them, official says
#Feb.23.2026

#theguardian.com. × NSW prepares for possible return of Islamic State-linked women and children from Syria. Premier Chris Minns says state has been working with federal government as group of 11 women and 23 children attempt to leave refugee camp
#Feb.23.2026


#theguardian.com. × Tony Burke says Australia has few options to block return of 34 women and children from Syrian camp. One woman is subject to temporary exclusion order over security concerns, but home affairs minister says group is ‘not consistent’ in their beliefs
#Feb.22.2026


#theguardian.com. × Nightly raids and violent beatings: Australia urged to accept citizens trapped in Syria as conditions in Roj camp deteriorate. Aid workers say the camp where 34 women and children are being held are ‘dire’ and present more risk than if they were repatriated
#Feb.21.2026

#theguardian.com. × Alleged Australian IS fighters transferred from Syria to Iraq where they could face death penalty. Dfat says it is aware Australians are among 5,704 detainees transferred out of Syrian prisons and into Iraqi custody
#Feb.19.2026


#theguardian.com. × Woman in Syrian detention camp banned from returning to Australia for up to two years. Person among group of 34 women and children who were released from al-Roj camp on Monday but were forced to return
#Feb.18.2026

#theguardian.com. × Tony Burke ‘taking advice’ from security agencies about Australian women and children in Syria seeking to return. Temporary Exclusion Orders allow the home affairs minister to stop a person entering for up to two years, but there is a high bar for the powers
#Feb.17.2026

#theguardian.com. × What is happening to Syria’s IS camps and their former residents?. Experts say the detention centres were a breeding ground for extremism and a new generation of IS members
#Feb.16.2026

#theguardian.com. × Australian women and children released from Syrian detention camp. The group of 34 – families of dead or jailed extremists – could return to Australia after being held since 2019
#Feb.16.2026

#theguardian.com. × US launches airstrikes on dozens of Islamic State targets in Syria. Militant group’s infrastructure and weapons storage facilities were hit, as Washington praised Damascus for fresh coalition role
#Feb.14.2026

#theguardian.com. × Five plots to kill Syrian president or ministers were foiled last year, says UN. Report on Islamic State says Ahmed al-Sharaa was targeted twice by IS front group that bombed Damascus church
#Feb.12.2026

#theguardian.com. × Displacement Film Fund review – Cate Blanchett masterminds short film collection that brims with life and intensity. A set of shorts by film-makers from Afghanistan, Iran, Ukraine, Syria and Somalia are shocking, funny and mysterious in equal measure
#Jan.30.2026

#theguardian.com. × Syrian government and Kurdish forces reach deal on permanent truce. Milestone appears to resolve escalating tensions over the question of Kurdish autonomy in north-east Syria
#Jan.30.2026

#theguardian.com. × Mother of man jailed in Syria for Islamic State links calls for his repatriation to UK or Canada. Sally Lane fears son Jack Letts, who left UK aged 18, may face death penalty if airlifted to Iraq under US operation
#Jan.27.2026

#theguardian.com. × Why Labour is going Danish on immigration – podcast. Danish journalist Nilas Heinskou and Syrian refugee Agob Yacoub discuss Denmark’s harsh immigration and asylum policies – reportedly the inspiration for changes to be announced by the UK government thi
#Nov.17.2025
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