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Four Canadian men detained in Syria are asking the Supreme Court of Canada to reconsider pleas for a hearing that could open the door to their freedom.
In November, the top court declined to hear the men’s challenge of a Federal Court of Appeal ruling that said Ottawa is not obligated under the law to repatriate them.
Following its usual custom, the court gave no reasons at the time for refusing to examine the matter.
In a fresh notice filed with the top court, lawyers for the men say exceedingly rare circumstances warrant another look at the application for leave to appeal.
The detained Canadians are among the many foreign nationals in ramshackle detention centres run by Kurdish forces that reclaimed the war-ravaged region from militant group Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.
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