In Iraq's Sunni-dominated Anbar province, residents struggling to rebuild after years of ISIL rule are adamant: there will be no return for the families of the extremists.
Omar Shihan Al Alwani, who fought against the group, warned that revenge awaits the relatives of ISIL fighters who try to come back.
"Anbar is a tribal society. If someone's brother or father is killed, he takes blood revenge by killing someone from the murderer's tribe," Mr Alwani said.
The bearded 35-year-old wore a red-chequered headscarf as he sat in his reception room, two months since Iraq declared victory over ISIL.
"We do not want ISIL fighters to come back and start a spiral of revenge," he said.
"We're totally against that. If they come back then blood will flow and neither tribes nor military operations will be able to stop it."
That sentiment is a far cry from the support ISIL once enjoyed in the western desert region.
The radical group's predecessor, Al Qaeda in Iraq (AQI), emerged from Iraq's Sunni heartland in 2006 and was welcomed by many Anbaris, who saw it as offering protection against Shiite-dominated authorities in Baghdad.
They were finally kicked out by pro-government forces, but five years later in late 2013, tribal fighters that were allied with the group revolted against Baghdad. ISIL seized the chance to take over large areas of territory.
But many tribes turned against ISIL, especially as its brutality became apparent.
The group imposed a hardline interpretation of Islam, sending religious "police" to flog people in public and executing members of tribes who refused to pledge allegiance.
Today Anbar residents are still counting the cost of ISIL rule in blood and destruction. They insist they do not want to repeat the errors of the past.
"They are outcasts and society rejects them," said Khamis al-Dahal, 60, as he got his hair cut at a barbershop.
"The government is not going to force us to accept back people who killed men, women and children in Anbar."
Some take a more moderate line - but are still very wary.
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"We are not against them returning but the timing is bad and would risk provoking unrest and a return to bloodshed in the streets," said former tribal fighter Omar Ibrahim.
"They should be in a camp under the supervision of the Iraqi government and they should receive daily instruction on how to live together and to combat extremist ideologies."
Some are already living in camps.
Currently around 380 families of jihadists, women and children, are detained in two Anbar camps where conditions are harsh.
Late last year US advocacy group Refugees International reported that women and girls believed to be linked to ISIL jihadists had been sexually abused by camp guards.
Those who do leave often have nowhere to go.
In the city of Ramadi residents said that houses belonging to ISIL family members have been destroyed - reprisal for a similar tactic that Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi's men used against their enemies.
No one was willing to say who was responsible.
The city is still heavily scarred by fighting and airstrikes by a US-led coalition during a battle that saw it recaptured by government troops in early 2016.
Erfan Ali, Iraq representative for the UN Human Settlements Programme, said that over 8,000 homes are destroyed or badly damaged, as are some 1,200 in the city of Fallujah.
While ISIL's self-declared cross-border "caliphate" lies in tatters, many still fear Iraq's weak central government will not be able to prevent their return indefinitely.
Such is the fear that some residents have still not dared remove signs of the group's presence.
The graffiti remains daubed across the walls of their houses: "Property of the Islamic State".
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Round 2: January 22-23, Yas Marina Circuit – Abu Dhabi
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Dubai launched the pilot phase of its real estate tokenisation project last month.
The initiative focuses on converting real estate assets into digital tokens recorded on blockchain technology and helps in streamlining the process of buying, selling and investing, the Dubai Land Department said.
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A new relationship with the old country
Treaty of Friendship between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United Arab Emirates
The United kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United Arab Emirates; Considering that the United Arab Emirates has assumed full responsibility as a sovereign and independent State; Determined that the long-standing and traditional relations of close friendship and cooperation between their peoples shall continue; Desiring to give expression to this intention in the form of a Treaty Friendship; Have agreed as follows:
ARTICLE 1 The relations between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United Arab Emirates shall be governed by a spirit of close friendship. In recognition of this, the Contracting Parties, conscious of their common interest in the peace and stability of the region, shall: (a) consult together on matters of mutual concern in time of need; (b) settle all their disputes by peaceful means in conformity with the provisions of the Charter of the United Nations.
ARTICLE 2 The Contracting Parties shall encourage education, scientific and cultural cooperation between the two States in accordance with arrangements to be agreed. Such arrangements shall cover among other things: (a) the promotion of mutual understanding of their respective cultures, civilisations and languages, the promotion of contacts among professional bodies, universities and cultural institutions; (c) the encouragement of technical, scientific and cultural exchanges.
ARTICLE 3 The Contracting Parties shall maintain the close relationship already existing between them in the field of trade and commerce. Representatives of the Contracting Parties shall meet from time to time to consider means by which such relations can be further developed and strengthened, including the possibility of concluding treaties or agreements on matters of mutual concern.
ARTICLE 4 This Treaty shall enter into force on today’s date and shall remain in force for a period of ten years. Unless twelve months before the expiry of the said period of ten years either Contracting Party shall have given notice to the other of its intention to terminate the Treaty, this Treaty shall remain in force thereafter until the expiry of twelve months from the date on which notice of such intention is given.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned have signed this Treaty.
DONE in duplicate at Dubai the second day of December 1971AD, corresponding to the fifteenth day of Shawwal 1391H, in the English and Arabic languages, both texts being equally authoritative.
Signed
Geoffrey Arthur Sheikh Zayed
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Liverpool 4-0 Barcelona
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Champions Legaue final: June 1, Madrid
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When: Starts Thursday
Where: M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengalaru
