Anthony Albanese describes situation in country as ‘moving’ but does not commit to repatriation of 40 citizens in detention camps
Australian women and children trapped inside Syrian detention camps say they are “freaking out and so scared … praying for a miracle”, as uncertainty grips the country after the
Syria has been liberated from the brutal dictatorship of Bashar al-Assad after the Islamist rebel group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham seized Damascus on Sunday. But the fall of Assad has left a power vacuum and unleashed extraordinary uncertainty about the future of the country and the role of regional powers.
A mother inside Roj sent a message out of the camp: “We are freaking out and so scared … I don’t know what to do. Praying for a miracle.”Dabboussy, a longtime advocate for the Australian cohort trapped in Syria, said the uncertainty and chaos since the fall of the Assad regime had terrified the Australians trapped in the camps.
“These innocent Australian children, most of whom are under the age of 12, along with their mothers, have been languishing in the camps for more than five years.
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