Women and children stranded in Syria return to Australia after smuggling themselves from country By political reporter Jake Evans, ABC News, Jake Evans

A group of six women and children have smuggled themselves from Syria and have returned to Australia.

The cohort, who were among those stranded after the fall of Islamic State Group, escaped to Lebanon without Commonwealth assistance.

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