"Are they?" is the standard question form. In a question, we normally begin the sentence with an interrogative word like "where" or "how", or "is" or "are" or "do" or "does". "They are?" is an example of a declarative statement turned into a question by simply putting a question mark at the end. More @Wikipedia
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