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A week since a group of 13 Australian women and children with ties to former Islamic State fighters left a Syrian refugee camp for Australia, they remain in the capital Damascus in a state of limbo.

There’s been uncertainty in Syria about whether the group of four women and nine children from the same extended family, who are Australian citizens with Australian passports, can return.

The ABC revealed the group left the notorious Al Roj refugee camp by bus on April 24, after Syrian interior forces came to the camp in Kurdish-controlled north-east Syria to pick them up directly and take them to Damascus.

It follows a failed attempt by a larger group of 34 Australian women and children who tried to leave the camp in February but were forced to turn around, after Syrian officials said their travel was not properly coordinated with government forces.

The group’s attempted return has sparked a fiery debate in Australia, with the federal government saying the group will face “the full force of the law” if they come home.

Reporting by Bridget Rollason.

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