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Trump administration urges countries to help citizens stuck in Syria as Australia maintains hardline stance

repatriate citizens stranded in Syria,while the Australian government maintains its hardline stance towards Australian women

Police say Australian women with alleged IS ties face charges on return from Syria

women with alleged IS ties face charges on return from Syria ![Members of Australian families at Roj Camp in eastern Syria, housing people with alleged ties to Islamic State militants, prepare to leave for Damascus

Australian women and children leave Syrian detention camp for Damascus – and potentially home

Australian government has previously undertaken two successful repatriation missions: of eight orphaned children in 2019 and of four women and 13 children in 2022. But it has since refused to repatriate any more

Group of 19 women and children linked to Islamic State due to arrive in Australia

Australian citizens.” The Morrison government repatriated eight orphans from Syria in 2019 before the Albanese government repatriated 13 children with their four mothers in October 2022. In 2025, two mothers and their four children returned

Group of women and children with alleged ISIL ties returns to Australia

Syria and Iraq roughly equivalent in size to the United Kingdom. Australian Federal Police did not arrest any members of the group upon their arrival but said that investigations were ongoing. The group’s return

Last Australian women and children linked to IS leave Syrian camp before expected return home – report

women have said they were coerced or tricked into entering Syria, or visited neighbouring countries for humanitarian reasons before being trafficked into IS territory. Some of the children were born in the camp and have

Islamic State-linked families arrive home in Australia from Syria

Australian government refusing to officially repatriate them. One member of the cohort was [banned from returning to Australia](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g2dgjrx75o) earlier this year when the government issued a "temporary exclusion order", meaning they cannot

Australian women linked to Islamic State charged with offences over Syria travel

women and children who had been living at the al-Roj camp in Syria since 2019. The group left the camp in February in a bid to return to Australia but were returned

IS families in Syria have booked tickets home to Australia, minister says

Syria have booked tickets home to Australia, minister says A group of 13 women and children with links to Islamic State (IS) have booked tickets to return home to Australia, the government has said. Home

First plane carrying IS-linked family members lands in Australia, with police expected to make arrests

Australians in the detention camps, which local media report are being gradually evacuated and are set to close. Mat Tinkler, the CEO of Save the Children Australia, said the fact that other women and children

Two Australian states prepare to resettle children from Syrian detention camp with most bound for Melbourne

Syria from returning, based on Asio advice about a national security risk. None of the returning group are affected by such an order. The cohort [returning to Australia](https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/may/06/women-children-syria-families-australia-return-ntwnfb) include children who were