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Nearly 70 children were among those killed when a suicide car bombing tore through buses carrying evacuees from besieged government-held towns in Syria, a monitor said on Sunday.
An Australian-born jihadist, Mahir Absar Alam, 26, has reportedly been captured by the forces who overran the so-called Islamic State's last enclave in Syria last week.
The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces have resumed their campaign to expel IS fighters from the village of Baghuz after suspending it to evacuate civilians.
The lingering sanctions have widely been viewed as a major obstacle to Syria's economic recovery and post-war reconstruction.
Foreign Minister Bob Carr says the 59 Australians in Syria need to leave the country straight away.
The SDF says it is withdrawing 30km from the border in line with an agreement between Russia and Turkey, and to protect locals from further Turkish attacks.
A suspension of air strikes against Islamic State targets in Syria has been lifted.
The UN said Tuesday it had suspended all humanitarian aid convoys in Syria after a deadly air raid hit trucks delivering aid near Aleppo, killing 20 people, including a Red Crescent staff member.
Twelve people, including children, have been injured in five air raids on Arbeen city, an eastern suburb of Damascus on Thursday morning (November 23), the UK-based Syrian Observatory For Human Rights said.
Russia and China on Tuesday vetoed a Western-backed UN resolution that would have imposed sanctions on Syria over chemical weapons use, as peace talks in Geneva showed no signs of progress on ending the nearly six-year war.
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