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...

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.

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.