You'll find Arabs around this city (5)

I believe the answer is:

basra

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'this city' is the definition.
(I have seen 'Iraqi city' mean 'basra' so perhaps 'city' could also mean 'basra')

'you'll find arabs' is the wordplay.
'arabs' anagrams to 'BASRA'.
However, I am not clear how this is indicated.

'around' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for basra that I've seen before include "City in Iraq" , "Chief port of Iraq" , "Middle Eastern city" , "South Iraqi oil port" , "Iraqi port on the Shatt-al-Arab waterway" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.

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