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A police officer cordons off the site of an Israeli strike on Nabatieh in southern Lebanon on June 27, 2025. (Photo by MAHMOUD ZAYYAT/AFP via Getty Images)
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Lebanon arrests seven Syrians over suspected Ashura terror plot

A group of foreign nationals arrested south of Beirut are being investigated by Lebanese authorities over possible ties to a militant group or to Israel

The New Arab Staff
01 July, 2025
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Lebanese army arrests Islamic State leader in major raid

The New Arab Staff
25 June, 2025
An armed man inspects damage at the Mar Elias Church following a blast on June 22, 2025 in Damascus, Syria. (Photo by Ali Haj Suleiman/Getty Images)
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Sharaa vows Damascus church attackers will face justice

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
23 June, 2025
Christians in Syria bemoaned a lack of security as a suicide bomber killed 22 during mass at a Church in Damascus
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Bloodshed in Damascus church leaves Syria's Christians shattered

The New Arab Staff
23 June, 2025
Blast hit church in Damascus
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Syria says IS behind church attack, at least 20 dead

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
22 June, 2025
Northwestern Syrian village of Barisha in the Idlib province along the border with Turkey on October 27, 2019
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US says airstrike killed Islamic State official in Syria

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
13 June, 2025
Interim Syrian President Ahmad Al-Sharaa appears in the Citadel of Aleppo in Syria, on May 27, 2025 during an event. (Photo by MOHAMAD DABOUL/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)
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US says Syria's Sharaa at risk of assassination over West ties

The New Arab Staff
11 June, 2025
Security personnel stand armed near the crowd during a protest in support of the Syrian state in Idlib, Syria, on May 4, 2025. (Photo by OMAR ALBAW/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)
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Syria arrests Islamic State group members near Damascus

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
26 May, 2025
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SDF tunnel network in Raqqa could swallow homes and roads

The New Arab Staff
20 May, 2025
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Syria says security force member, 3 IS fighters killed in Aleppo

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
17 May, 2025
Al-Sharaa's meeting with Trump took place in Saudi Arabia [Getty]
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IS fiercely criticises Syria’s Sharaa after Trump meeting

The New Arab Staff
16 May, 2025
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Iraq says more than 19,000 prisoners released under new amnesty law

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
14 May, 2025
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US renews travel warning to Syria citing 'possible attack'

The New Arab Staff
19 April, 2025
Islamic State-Khorasan's attack comes as part of a rising wave of violence in the region targeting security forces [Getty]
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IS Khorasan claims Pakistan bomb blast killing three policemen

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
16 April, 2025
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US carries out air strike against Islamic State group in Somalia

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
30 March, 2025
The accused Mehdi Nemmouche is pictured during the verdict at the trial for the terrorist attack at the Jewish Museum in Brussels, on March 12, 2019 at the Brussels Justice Palace. (Photo credit should read YVES HERMAN/AFP via Getty Images)
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France court to rule in IS Syria hostage-taking trial

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
21 March, 2025
Syrian IS suspect charged over deadly knife attack at German festival
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Syrian IS suspect charged over knife attack at German festival

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
27 February, 2025
Morocco has largely remained free from IS violence
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Morocco says arrested 12 suspected jihadists

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
21 February, 2025
Al-Hol Syria camp [DELIL SOULEIMAN/AFP/Getty]
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US aid cuts risk riots, breakouts at Islamic State-linked camps in Syria

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
14 February, 2025
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Iraq repatriates 3,000 IS militants from Syria's Al-Hol camp

Dana Taib Menmy
13 February, 2025
A picture taken on November 30, 2024 shows power lines in a settlement in the Romit gorge, some 70kms north-east of the capital Dushanbe.
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Five IS prisoners killed trying to escape from Tajik jail

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
04 February, 2025