Australian women and children sent back to Syrian detention camp after initial release
by William Christou and Ben Doherty from World news | The Guardian on (#73KN6)
The group of 34 - families of dead or jailed extremists - were prevented from returning to Australia by poor coordination' with Damascus
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Australian women and children held for years without charge were forced to return to a detention camp in northeast Syria on Monday after being released by Kurdish authorities for their expected repatriation to Australia.
The 34 women and children in the group are the wives, widows and children of dead or jailed Islamic State fighters and were being held at al-Roj camp, which is controlled by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).
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