Islamists

French Guiana residents decry plans for a supermax prison to house drug traffickers and Islamists [Getty]
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France revives Devil's Island legacy with supermax Islamist jail

France's plan to build a high-security prison in its South American colony of French Guiana has sparked anger among local leaders and residents.

The New Arab Staff
21 May, 2025
People wave flags and hold a portrait of Syria's new ruler Ahmed al-Sharaa during a protest calling for the release of detained Islamists held in Roumieh prison in the northern Lebanese port city of Tripoli on January 5, 2025. (IBRAHIM CHALHOUB/AFP)
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Lebanon rally calls for release of Islamists jailed during Syria war

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
05 January, 2025
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United Kingdom
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Notorious UK Islamist preacher Anjem Choudary jailed for life

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
30 July, 2024
France
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Tunisian imam expelled by France says to appeal decision

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
23 February, 2024
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UK vows to ban Hizb ut-Tahrir as terror group

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
15 January, 2024
Tunisia
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Tunisian police arrest five 'terrorist' prison escapees

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
07 November, 2023
Tunisia police [AFP]
Tunisia
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Five Islamist convicts escape from Tunisian jail

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
31 October, 2023
Ain al-Hilweh
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Lebanon's Sidon a 'ghost town' amid Ain al-Hilweh fighting

Louay Faour
12 September, 2023
Lebanon
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Ain al-Hilweh: Fatah member killed in overnight clashes

The New Arab Staff
03 August, 2023
Algeria
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Algeria says army officer killed in clash with Islamists

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
11 May, 2023
Sudan's Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan
Sudan
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Sudan leader Burhan warns against interference in military

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
13 November, 2022
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Al Shabaab
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Somali government plans shutdown on 'Al-Shabaab propaganda'

The New Arab Staff
09 October, 2022
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Mali
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Mali jihadists claim captured mercenary from Russia's Wagner

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
25 April, 2022
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Tunisia
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Ennahda calls for probe into Saied 'assassination plot'

The New Arab Staff
23 August, 2021
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Western Sahara
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Islamist party says not responsible for Morocco-Israel normalisation

The New Arab Staff
19 February, 2021
Kuwaiti Islamists [Twitter[
women's rights
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Kuwaitis lambast appointment of all-male parliamentary committee for women

Kamal Afzali
23 December, 2020
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Algeria says soldier killed in clash with Islamists

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
02 December, 2020
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Terrorism
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Algeria says three Islamists killed in army clash

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
01 December, 2020
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teacher
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French police raid Islamist groups after teacher beheading

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
19 October, 2020
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Algeria says soldier killed in clash with armed Islamists

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
21 June, 2020
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Islamists
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German police target suspected Islamists over virus benefits fraud

The New Arab & agencies
08 May, 2020