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Australians stranded in Syria ‘scared for their lives’ amid chaos after fall of Bashar al-Assad

Anthony Albanese describes situation in country as ‘moving’ but does not commit to repatriation of 40 citizens in detention camps

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‘Indefinite torture’: Australian children held in Syrian camp feel abandoned as other countries repatriate citizens

Plea comes as high court refuses to hear Save the Children appeal to return families of slain Islamic State fighters

The Guardian - AU

High Court dismisses appeal to return Aust IS families

The High Court has dismissed a bid to compel the government to repatriate Australian women and children of Islamic State militants stuck in Syria.

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Government could repatriate Australian women and children from Syrian detention camps if it had ‘political will’, court says

The federal court dismissed the case brought by Save the Children and ruled that the government had no legal obligation to bring them home

The Guardian - AU

Provocative violence installations to confront shoppers

Shoppers will be confronted with provocative scenes at one of the world's best-known retailers in a bid to highlight the plight of families fleeing violence.

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Australia reinstates funding to Unrwa to provide aid in Gaza

Friday’s decision to ‘unpause’ $6m in funding to Unrwa follows similar moves by Canada and Sweden

The Guardian - AU

Australia under pressure over Palestinian visas and aid

The US has asked partner nations to help set up a new port to bring aid into Gaza, as Australia cancels the visas of Palestinians fleeing the war.

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Security concerns 'red herring' in Syrian repatriations

A trial over the repatriation of 11 Australian women and 20 children, who are being detained in Syrian refugee camps, has begun in the Federal Court.

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Australian women and children in squalid Syrian camp are being detained unlawfully, federal court told

Save the Children, representing 12 women and their 21 children, argues the government has the power, and an obligation, to bring them home

The Guardian - AU

Australia’s rise in military export approvals to Saudi Arabia labelled ‘disturbing’

Permits for the export of equipment increased last year despite kingdom’s involvement in Yemen war

The Guardian - AU

Fight to repatriate Aust women, kids from Syrian camp

A fight has begun for the repatriation of eight Australian women and their 18 children from a Syrian refugee camp where they've been held for up to four years.

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Desperate Aussies stuck in Syria demand repatriation

A group of 17 Australian children and nine women stuck in camps in Syria will file a legal case in the Federal Court of Australia seeking to be repatriated.

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‘Last resort’: government faces legal action to force repatriation of Australians from Syrian refugee camps

Seventeen women and nine children will take the government to court, arguing that Australia has ‘effective control’ of their detention and the power to set them free

The Guardian - AU

Australian child pleads with prime minister to be rescued from Syrian detention camp

Exclusive: ‘I have spent half my life in a tent closed off by gates like a prison,’ says the child, who is under 10, in a voice message to Anthony Albanese

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Queensland among worst violators of children’s rights in youth justice system, research finds

Report says states have adopted ‘tough on crime’ measures to youth justice instead of more effective and humane ‘child’s rights approach’

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Australia must rescue citizens from ‘dire’ Syrian detention camps, Red Cross says

Global director general says ‘state of in-limbo cannot last longer’, with about 40 citizens still believed to be detained indefinitely

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PM urged to lead world on ending hunger

The Australian prime minister is being urged to advocate for developing nations struggling with food shortages as he attends the G20 leaders' meeting in Bali.

The Guardian - AU

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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'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.

The Guardian - AU

Families of Australians held in Syrian detention camps welcome ‘incredibly exciting’ news of planned repatriation

One man whose daughter and grandchildren are in the Roj camp says the government has not notified family members of rescue missions

The Guardian - AU

Sydney teen Yusuf Zahab believed to have died in IS attack on Syrian jail after begging Australia for help

Family say they are ‘heartbroken and angry’ and claim the previous government knew about their son’s detention for more than three years

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South West Sydney teenager Yusuf Zahab believed to have been killed in Syrian jail after IS attack

An Australian boy taken to Syria by radicalised family members at the age of 11 is believed to have died there, just months after begging for help from the federal government.

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