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Australia is preparing for the return of women and children with alleged ISIS ties from detention camps in Syria. Authorities state these individuals will face arrests and investigations upon their arrival in Australia.
Cyprus, holding the EU Council presidency, warned member states that a mass escape from a Syrian detention camp housing relatives of suspected Islamic State fighters could be exploited by terrorist groups for recruitment.
Experts warn that detention centers for former ISIS members in Syria are breeding grounds for extremism, with some former residents, including Australian women and children, being sent back to these camps.
A group of Australian women and children have begun the process of repatriation from a Syrian detention camp, traveling to Damascus as a step towards returning home. This marks a significant effort to bring citizens back from conflict zones.
U.S. intelligence reports indicate that at least 15,000 individuals are at large after an ISIS detention camp collapsed in Syria.
A group of 34 Australian women and children, identified as families of deceased or imprisoned extremists, have been released from a Syrian detention camp and are set to return to Australia.
Opposition leader suggests 23 children and 11 women attempting to leave al-Roj are ‘ISIS sympathisers’ Angus Taylor has suggested the Australian children remaining in a Syrian detention camp are “ISIS sympathisers” as the Liberal party ramps up its rhetoric against the families of dead or jailed Islamic State fighters. The opposition leader also chided a member of the press for attempting to force his response on why the group of 23 children and 11 women should be another country’s responsibi...
Person among group of 34 women and children who were released from al-Roj camp on Monday but were forced to return One adult among the group of 34 Australian women and children in a Syrian detention camp has been issued with a temporary exclusion order, banning them from coming to Australia for up to two years. But the rest of the group has not been assessed by intelligence agencies as meeting the threshold to be banned from Australia, potentially clearing the way for the wives and children of Islamic State fighters to re-enter the country if they can make their own way back. Continue reading...