Islamic State

Soldiers from the National Front for the Liberation of Azawad (FLA) gather near a pick-up truck as they control a street corner in Kidal, on May 8
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Mali's foreign minister has refused to speak with the al-Qaeda-linked fighters and Tuareg separatists involved in the April attacks on the government.

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
08 May, 2026
 Interior Minister Anas Khattab
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Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein gives a press conference during the official visit of French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot in Baghdad on February 5, 2026.
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An aerial photograph shows parts of the Syrian northeastern city of Raqa, once the Islamic State group's de facto capital in Syria, on January 21, 2026.
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A young girl disembarks a bus that transferred hundreds of people from Al Hol camp in Hasaka Governorate,
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Al-Hol [Getty]
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Roj camp [Getty]
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This picture shows a view of the Bajet Kandala camp for displaced Yazidis near Dohuk, 430 kilometres (260 miles) northwest of the Iraqi capital, by the border with Syria, on November 18, 2020
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U.S. Army AH-64 Apache Attack Helicopter prepares to support Operation Hawkeye Strike in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, Dec 19.
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The Al-Hol camp is notorious for its poor conditions [Getty]
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Iraq receives over 4,500 Islamic State suspects transferred from Syria in a US-led operation as Baghdad begins investigations into the detainees
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Mourners attend the funeral of Shia Muslims, a day after a suicide bombing at a mosque in Islamabad
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