Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says his government will not repatriate from Syria a group of 34 women and children with alleged ties to the militant Islamic State group. The women and children from 11 families were supposed to fly from the Syrian capital of Damascus to Australia but Syrian authorities on Monday turned them back to Roj detention camp in northeastern Syria because of procedural problems. Albanese would not comment on Tuesday on a report that the latest women and children had Australian passports. Only two groups of Australians have been repatriated with government help from Syrian camps since the Islamic State group was defeated in Syria in 2019.
