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Anxiety mounts across Middle East over potential war between US and Iran
ByGuardian staff and agencies February 26, 2026February 26, 2026

People across region are bracing for possibility of conflict as embassies evacuate staff and flights are cancelledMiddle East crisis – live updatesAnxiety is growing over a potential war between Iran and the US in the Middle East, as embassies evacuate…

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‘I just want to be free’: Australian children held in Syrian camps reveal their hopes and dreams
ByWilliam Christou and Baderkhan Ahmad in al-Roj February 25, 2026

Exclusive: As debate rages over their return, children of Australian women with Islamic State links dream of ice-cream, Bluey and not living in a tentGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe first thing Layla did when she left al-…

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Australian women held in Syrian camps say they would accept children returning home separately
ByWilliam Christou and Baderkhan Ahmad in al-Roj, and Ben Doherty in Sydney February 24, 2026

Exclusive: Some of the 11 mothers detained in Kurdish-controlled al-Roj camp say they want Australian government to repatriate children at any costFamilies in convoy from Syrian camp warned they would be attacked unless they turned aroundFollow our Aus…

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The 23 Australian children stuck in Syria are not responsible for their parents. They need our government’s support to return | Donald Rothwell
ByDonald Rothwell February 24, 2026

If the circumstances of those from Roj camp become even more perilous, the Albanese government may be forced to interveneFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastEver since news br…

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Australian families in convoy from Syrian camp warned they would be attacked unless they turned around
ByWilliam Christou and Baderkhan Ahmad in al-Roj, and Ben Doherty in Sydney February 23, 2026

Exclusive: Government forces issued threat because Australian government failed to coordinate with them, official saysFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSyrian government off…

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NSW prepares for possible return of Islamic State-linked women and children from Syria
ByTom McIlroy political editor February 23, 2026

Premier Chris Minns says state has been working with federal government as group of 11 women and 23 children attempt to leave refugee campGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastNew South Wales authorities are preparing for about a t…

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Concerns for former Canberra boy in Iran, as Australia makes representations to Tehran
ByDaisy Dumas and Adeshola Ore February 12, 2026February 12, 2026

ACT government confirms it raised reports of boy’s fate with foreign affairs department, amid unverified claims he died last weekFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThere are …

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With just weeks left on her student visa, one Iranian woman fears she will be executed if she has to return
ByAdeshola Ore community affairs reporter February 3, 2026

‘There’s no way for me to go back right now. It’s too dangerous for me,’ student says, having protested against the regimeGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWhen bullets fired by Iran’s paramilitary force were sprayed at her hom…

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‘She found her after 700 bodies’: Australian man recounts ordeal to retrieve the body of a relative killed in Iran
ByAdeshola Ore community affairs reporter January 19, 2026

A cousin managed to call Payam in Brisbane with the news – but many Iranian Australians are still waiting to hear from family amid the communication blackoutGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastPayam* left his home – and many of h…

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‘You need to hang up now’: Australians report surveillance of phone calls with relatives in Iran amid uprising
ByAdeshola Ore community affairs reporter January 16, 2026

One man speaking to his mother in Iran from Australia said ‘I could hear her talking to someone else on the line’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastIranian Australian Hussein* needed to hear his mother’s voice to know she was sa…

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