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The fall of Syria’s government puts 42 Australian women and children, detained in the country's north east in danger, advocates say.

09 Dec 2024

5 min read

The removal of US sanctions is set to clear the way for greater engagement by humanitarian organisations working in Syria, and ease foreign investment and trade as the country rebuilds.

14 May 2025

4 min read

As the US moves to lift some restrictions on Syria's fragile new government, Australia will have to consider whether it wants closer ties with a group it has labelled as terrorists.

12 Jan 2025

6 min read

A group of Australian women and children held in detention in north-east Syria have taken the first steps to return home.

28 Oct 2022

4 min read

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I had to leave my piano in Syria and I haven’t played since we left. My sister plays guitar though, and she took her guitar to Lebanon and then Sydney. My friends in Syria say the guitar has more luck than them.

26 Sep 2018

5 min read

Five years since the fall of the self-proclaimed Islamic State group caliphate, at least 42 Australian women and children are in indefinite detention in northeast Syria. For mothers of boys, there's a constant fear their sons could be forcibly separated from them amid reports of boys as young as 10…

03 Apr 2024

11 min read