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Four Australian brothers 'died' fighting for IS two years ago. One of them just showed up in jail (photos)
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One of four Australian brothers believed killed two years ago while fighting for Islamic State has been found alive in a prison in northern Syria, saying he "wasn't qualified" enough for battle.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, terrorism, syrian-arab-republic, australia
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Australian IS suspect says he went to Syria to help family
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A Sydney man imprisoned in Syria who claims that he innocently went to Islamic State territory to rescue his family is wanted in Australia and Kuwait over his links to the extremist group.
Topics: terrorism, crime, syrian-arab-republic, kuwait, australia
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When saving some of your children means leaving one behind
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Zahra Halo made the heartbreaking decision to flee Islamic State with most of her children while one of her sons had been missing for years. Now, she has found him and wants to bring him home.
Topics: refugees, immigration, immigration-policy, people, regional, government-and-politics, community-and-society, human-interest, armidale-2350, iraq, syrian-arab-republic
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'Please tell them we are humans, just like them': Radhia's plea to come home Opinion
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While others have been evacuated from the crowded camp, Radhia and her children are still stuck, writes Letta Tayler.
Topics: world-politics, government-and-politics, foreign-affairs, foreign-aid, terrorism, unrest-conflict-and-war, syrian-arab-republic, australia
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How lives can still be changed when working amongst genocide
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She already had years of experience in humanitarian work, but Carly Learson describes her Myanmar role as "probably the toughest job I've ever had".
Topics: refugees, relief-and-aid-organisations, women, foreign-aid, human-rights, womens-status, world-politics, people, unrest-conflict-and-war, orange-2800, afghanistan, syrian-arab-republic, bangladesh, myanmar, south-sudan, liberia
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The slave who survived Khaled Sharrouf
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Australia's most notorious terrorist, Khaled Sharrouf, bought her at a slave market. Now this young Yazidi woman wants justice.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, law-crime-and-justice, women, refugees, iraq, syrian-arab-republic, germany
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A young violinist's incredible journey from war torn Syria to a Sydney symphony Video
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Aboud Kaplo taught himself to play violin by watching Youtube clips in war-torn Syria. Now, after his family was granted visas to Australia, he has been accepted into two youth orchestras and one conductor says the sky is the limit for the talented young musician.
Topics: music, orchestral, strings, refugees, australia, syrian-arab-republic
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A self-taught violinist's incredible journey from war-torn Syria to a Sydney orchestra
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Aboud Kaplo has a unique relationship with his violin. After fleeing war-torn Syria with his family for a safer and more prosperous life in Australia, the 16-year-old has dreams of one day being a famous violinist.
Topics: music, refugees, orchestral, strings, sydney-2000, australia, syrian-arab-republic
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'I don't remember how many men I have belonged to': Sharihan's jihadi nightmare is far from over
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At just 15, Sharihan was in her northern Iraq home when her father arrived, shaken, shouting that Islamic State jihadists had attacked the south of their Sinjar region, starting a massacre. That's when her three-and-a-half-year nightmare began.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, assault, crime, law-crime-and-justice, sexual-offences, iraq, syrian-arab-republic
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'Collective shrug': UN slams international indifference as hundreds killed in Syria
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While around 100 civilians including children have been killed by airstrikes in a little over a week, the UN suggests war crimes are occurring and laments that Syria is "no longer on the international radar".
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, world-politics, government-and-politics, syrian-arab-republic, united-states, turkey, russian-federation
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Families of women and children stuck in Syria 'hellhole' threaten court fight
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Eighteen Australian women and children, including two newborn babies, are involved in proposed legal action to force the Australian Government to bring them home from Syria.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, terrorism, family-and-children, government-and-politics, immigration-policy, syrian-arab-republic, melbourne-3000, australia
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UK to release tanker if Iran guarantees it won't travel to Syria
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Britain tells Iran it will facilitate the release of an Iranian oil tanker seized by British troops if Iran guarantees the tanker does not violate European Union sanctions by travelling to Syria.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, world-politics, economic-sanctions, navy, united-kingdom, syrian-arab-republic, iran-islamic-republic-of
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His son ran away to join Islamic State. Should Australia bring him home?
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Melbourne student Mahir Absar Alam was one of Islamic State's first foreign recruits. Now as he languishes in a Syrian prison, his father has made a heartfelt request for Australia to take pity on him.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, terrorism, family-and-children, law-crime-and-justice, australia, syrian-arab-republic
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Farmers in Syria say Islamic State is getting its revenge by setting crops on fire Video
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At least 14 people in northeast Syria have died since May as they battle daily arson attacks on their wheat and barley crops
Topics: fires, agriculture, agricultural-crops, wheat, syrian-arab-republic
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Exiled Islamic State gets its revenge with fire and fury
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When the caliphate crumbled, Islamic State fighters fled and disappeared. But as mysterious fires engulf crops in northern Syria, farmers suspect they have come back to scorch the earth.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, terrorism, fires, syrian-arab-republic
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The Grace 1 supertanker was boarded by Royal Marines off Gibraltar Video
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Iran has summoned the British ambassador over the seizure of a supertanker believed to be breaching European Union sanctions by carrying a shipment of Tehran's crude oil to war-ravaged Syria.
Topics: foreign-affairs, world-politics, syrian-arab-republic, spain, gibraltar
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Women chant Islamic State slogans at the gates of al-Hawl. Video
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Women inside the al-Hawl refugee camp in north-east Syria chant Islamic State slogans.
Topics: terrorism, syrian-arab-republic
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'I'm an Australian — get me out of here': Mother makes urgent plea from Syrian detention camp
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An Australian mother makes horrifying claims of children being raped and murdered inside the al-Hawl detention camp as part of a desperate plea for the Government to help citizens who survived the fall of Islamic State to return home.
Topics: refugees, islam, terrorism, women, family-and-children, syrian-arab-republic, iraq
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Woman gives birth two days after fleeing Syrian detention camp
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The birth on Monday of a third child for 18-year-old Zaynab Sharrouf, the eldest of the three orphans of dead Australian IS fighter Khaled Sharrouf, is the largest complication in organising the repatriation of her, her siblings and her two daughters as soon as next week.
Topics: terrorism, unrest-conflict-and-war, syrian-arab-republic, iraq
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Australian orphans freed from Syrian war zone in secret rescue mission
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The orphaned Australian children of Islamic State fighter Khaled Sharrouf are among eight rescued from a Syrian refugee camp and taken to a nearby Middle Eastern country, en route to a new life in Australia.
Topics: terrorism, unrest-conflict-and-war, family-and-children, refugees, law-crime-and-justice, syrian-arab-republic, australia
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Fate of Australian IS members and their families discussed in official visit to Syria (photos)
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Foreign affairs official Jon Philp visits Kurdish authorities in north-eastern Syria, where dozens of Australians remain in detention, saying Canberra favours an international response to dealing with getting former IS members and their children out of the region's camps.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, terrorism, international-law, law-crime-and-justice, syrian-arab-republic
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Parents of UK militant known as 'Jihadi Jack' spared jail for sending cash
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Organic farmer John Letts and ex-Oxfam fundraiser Sally Lane say they were acting as any parents would have when they tried to send their 23-year-old son cash when he begged for help from another country.
Topics: terrorism, unrest-conflict-and-war, crime, law-crime-and-justice, england, united-kingdom, syrian-arab-republic
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Syrian refugees in Lebanon forced to demolish homes and live in tents
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Refugees who fled to Lebanon from the ongoing war in Syria are being forced to demolish their modest homes and live in tents as the Lebanese Government pushes for resettlement in Europe.
Topics: refugees, unrest-conflict-and-war, lebanon, syrian-arab-republic
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Hundreds of IS women and children released from Syrian refugee camp
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A large group of people, mostly women and children, is allowed to leave the sprawling al-Hawl refugee camp, which is also home to a group of Australians.
Topics: refugees, islam, terrorism, women, family-and-children, syrian-arab-republic, iraq
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The private Facebook groups where tomb raiders sell stolen treasures
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Opportunistic tomb raiders turn to Facebook to sell antiquities stolen in the wake of the Arab Spring uprisings.
Topics: art-history, visual-art, law-crime-and-justice, history, united-states, egypt, syrian-arab-republic