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ISIS brides' arrest in Australia prompts anger in Syrian camp
Key takeaways
- Al Roj houses people who were displaced by the fall of Islamic State.
- After IS's so-called caliphate was defeated in 2019 by a US-led coalition, many foreign-born wives and their children were taken to Syrian camps and have remained there ever since.
- One woman who is still at Al Roj, in the north-eastern tip of Kurdish-controlled Syria, said it was "not good" that Australia arrested the women, whom she called "our sisters".
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Al Roj houses people who were displaced by the fall of Islamic State. (ABC News: Baderkhan Ahmad)
Link copied Share Share article In the wake of three Australian women linked to the Islamic State (IS) group being arrested upon arriving home last week, the initial reaction from inside the Syrian refugee camp where they had lived for years has been one of anger and frustration.
After IS's so-called caliphate was defeated in 2019 by a US-led coalition, many foreign-born wives and their children were taken to Syrian camps and have remained there ever since.
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