Unknown assassinated ex-deputy in Beirut

MTV reported that on October 10, police found the body of former Iraqi parliamentarian, Sunni politician Ahmed al-Alwani in the Tariq al-Jedidah neighborhood of Beirut.

According to the TV channel, unknown persons lured the ex-deputy to the apartment and strangled him, after which the body lay in the room for several days. Lebanese special services are searching for the criminals, and one of them has already been detained. Al-Alwani arrived in Lebanon on November 5 and settled in one of the hotels on the Raush embankment, but after a while he stopped communicating.

The Iraqi Embassy in Beirut announced the disappearance of the politician and his possible abduction four days before the body was found. The Iraqi government is in contact with the Lebanese authorities and is monitoring the progress of the investigation.

Al-Alwani was a member of parliament from the Al-Iraqiya bloc, which was successful in the 2010 elections, winning a majority of seats. In December 2013, he was arrested in Iraq after leading protests against then-Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, who led the government from 2006 to 2014. Al-Alwani spent about 10 years in prison and was released in April 2025.

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