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An Iraqi police patrol transports Iraqi detainees to the Karkh Court during the trial of six French citizens accused of terrorism in Baghdad, on October 5, 2026.
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Iraq rejects Syrian request to repatriate suspected IS detainees

Iraq has rejected Syria's request to repatriate thousands of suspected IS members transferred from Syrian detention centers to Iraqi custody earlier this year.

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
08 October, 2026
The attack on the Deir al-Zour pipeline was one of many attacks on Syria's power infrastructure
Syria
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Who is sabotaging Syria's recovering gas network?

Sam Hamad
29 September, 2026
Secuity forces in Raqqa dismantled an alleged IS network stretching across the country
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Syria says IS network dismantled across four provinces

Sam Hamad
28 September, 2026
Pope Leo XIV greets people ahead of a waterfront mass in Beirut
Lebanon
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Lebanon arrests IS operative tasked with assassinating Pope Leo

The New Arab Staff
24 September, 2026
An aerial view of the village of Abidin following an Israeli ground operation and simultaneous airstrikes in Daraa, Syria on June 29, 2026
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Syrian security forces killed in anti-IS operation in south

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
18 September, 2026
Yazidi artists
Yazidi genocide
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Yazidi genocide: 12 years after Sinjar, survivors seek justice

Anam Alam

Anam Alam

03 September, 2026
Syrian security personnel inspect a burned vehicles near the Four Seasons Hotel after two explosions rocked the area earlier while Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa was meeting French President Emmanuel Macron at the presidential palace, in Damascus, Syria, Tuesday, July 7, 2026
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Syria struggling to deal with attacks on security forces

Adnan Ali
24 August, 2026
Libyan military strongman Khalifa Haftar delivers a speech during a conference for the country's development and reconstruction, in Libya's southern city of Sebha
Libya
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Libya's Haftar played role in release of US hostage held by IS

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
14 August, 2026
Day After Berlin Pride Parade Attack
Germany
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Berlin Pride attack suspect is Islamic State supporter: German media

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
26 July, 2026
Islamic State billboard in Qaraqosh, Iraq
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Lebanon says detained Islamic State group commander

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
13 July, 2026
The facade of the Palace of Justice Munich (Justizpalast Muenchen), a neo-baroque court and administrative building, is visible near a Karlsplatz Stachus station entrance in Munich, Bavaria, Germany, on November 7, 2025.
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Iraqi couple jailed in Germany for enslaving Yazidi girls

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
13 July, 2026
A member of Morocco's anti-terrorism security service stands guard outside the headquarters of the Central Bureau of Judicial Investigation (BCIJ) in Sale near the capital Rabat on May 2, 2018.
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Morocco prevents attacks by cell loyal to Islamic State in Sahel

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
07 July, 2026
Syria camp [Getty]
Australia
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Last Australia woman held at Syria's Roj camp to return home

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
25 June, 2026
Syrian Government Forces deploy to Qamishli following agreement
Syria
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IS claims responsibility for Syria attack that killed 2 soldiers

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
20 June, 2026
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Trauma lingers in Mosul 12 years on from fall to freedom from IS

Mohammed Al-Bassem
12 June, 2026
People walk around at Camp Roj, where relatives of people suspected of belonging to the Islamic State (IS) group are held
Australia
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Last Australians leave Syria camp with suspected IS relatives

The New Arab Staff
23 May, 2026
"ISIS Brides" Return To Australia
Australia
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Australia charges two IS-linked women with slavery in Syria

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
08 May, 2026
The Sayyida Zeinab shrine is heavily guarded by Syrian security forces
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IS claims responsibility for killing of Shia cleric in Syria

The New Arab Staff
08 May, 2026
A woman with links to Islamic State arrives at Melbourne Airport on May 07, 2026 in Melbourne, Australia. The women, who had traveled to Syria to join the Islamic State militant group, are expected to face questioning by Australian Federal Police upon their arrival, with authorities weighing potential charges under counter-terrorism legislation.
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Three women connected to IS militants arrested in Australia

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
07 May, 2026
Raqqa is home to hundreds of archaeological and historical sites
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Raqqa heritage sites face neglect after years of Syria civil war

The New Arab Staff
02 May, 2026
Women with children walk at Camp Roj, where relatives of people suspected of belonging to the Islamic State (IS) group are held, in the countryside near al-Malikiyah (Derik) in Syria's northeastern Hasakah province, on March 28, 2021.
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Australia refuses repatriation help for citizens in Syria camp

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
25 April, 2026