Australian Women and Children Heading Home From Syria

Women walk through al-Hol displacement camp in Hasaka governorate, Syria on April 1, 2019. Ali Hashisho/Reuters

Australian women and children held in Syria since the fall of the Islamic State have begun the journey home.

Held in detention since 2019, four women and 13 children were taken from the al-Roj camp to Erbil in Iraq to begin their trip to Sydney.