Australian women and children leave Syrian detention camp for Damascus – and potentially home

Repatriation attempt comes after group turned around when leaving camp in February. Albanese government says it’s not assisting cohort

Four Australian women and nine of their children and grandchildren have left the al-Roj camp in north-east Syria seeking to return to Australia.

The group is reportedly travelling across Syria by road to the capital Damascus, under the control of the Syrian government.