Germany’s daily looking back on island’s war-torn province (5)

I believe the answer is:

idlib

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'island's war-torn province' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't tell whether it can be defined by this definition.

'germany's daily looking back on' is the wordplay.
'germany' becomes 'd' (vehicle registration code for Deutschland).
'daily' becomes 'bili' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'looking back' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'on' means one lot of letters goes inside another (as in clothing 'on' a person).
'bili' in reverse letter order is 'ilib'.
'd' placed within 'ilib' is 'IDLIB'.

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I've seen this clue in The Times.

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