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Women and children walk among tents at Roj camp, one of the detention facilities where thousands of Islamic State group members and their families are held, in the al-Malikiyah area of northeastern Syria Source: AP / Baderkhan Ahmad/AP

The last remaining Australian women and children with links to the I-S group have been sent back to a Syrian camp after attempting to repatriate themselves home. The group of 34 left al-Roj in the country's northeast overnight - but a communications issue with Damascus forced their return to the camp.

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The last remaining Australian women and children with links to the I-S group have been sent back to a Syrian camp after attempting to repatriate themselves home. The group of 34 left al-Roj in the country's northeast overnight - but a communications issue with Damascus forced their return to the camp.

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