Dozens of Australian ISIL relatives freed from Syria’s Roj camp
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Families of 34 Australians are set to depart from Damascus, Kurdish authorities say.
Kurdish authorities in Syria have released 34 Australian relatives of ISIL (ISIS) fighters who had been held in a camp in northern Syria, saying they would be flown to Australia from Damascus.
A director of the Roj camp said on Monday that Australian citizens had been handed over to members of their families who had come to Syria for the release.
“Today, we are handing over 11 families who hold Australian nationality to their relatives,” Hakmieh Ibrahim told the AFP news agency.
“These families are the last Australians in the Roj camp,” she added. Ibrahim revealed that 2,201 people with about 50 nationalities were still residing in the camp.
They were put on small buses for Damascus before their depa...