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The Latest Breaking News from Iraq

Scottish engineer held in Iraqi prison facing extradition to Qatar released

Brian Glendinning, 43, was contracted to work for BP in Iraq when arrested over an alleged debt owed to the Qatari National Bank

The Guardian - UK

British father held in Iraq prison over alleged debt released, pressure group says

Brian Glendinning is set to be released after he was arrested by Iraqi authorities over an alleged debt

Evening Standard

Brit jailed in Iraq over 'small bank debt' is freed but could be arrested en route home

Brian Glendinning, a 43-year-old construction worker from Scotland, was arrested in September on an Interpol red notice from Qatar at Baghdad airport over an alleged debt

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Family of Scots man jailed in Iraq 'cried tears of joy' after hearing prison 'nightmare' was over

Brian Glendinning, 43, was locked up in a Baghdad jail for 70 days after being arrested in Basra International Airport on September 4.

Daily Record

Scots father held in Iraq prison over alleged debt released but arrest risk remains

Radha Stirling, founder of the Interpol and Extradition Reform (Ipex) initiative, said she was “thrilled” to announce the news.

The National (Scotland)

Scots dad jailed for months in Iraq over Qatar bank debt released from prison

Brian Glendinning's family are hopeful they could be reunited in just days.

Daily Record

Scottish dad freed from Iraq jail and will reunite with children 'within hours'

Brian Glendinning, from Fife had been detained in Iraq after arriving in the Middle East to work, only to be taken to prison over an 'Interpol Red Notice' that had been issued from Qatar.

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Scots father held in Iraq prison over alleged debt released, pressure group says

Brian Glendinning, 43, from Fife, is set to be released after he was arrested by Iraqi authorities following allegations of debt owed to a Qatari bank

The Independent UK

Lawyer: Saddam's relative has no role in IS killings in Iraq

The lawyer of a great-nephew of the late Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein says her client has no links with the Islamic State group though Iraqi authorities alleged his involvement

The Independent UK

Lebanon Extradites to Iraq Grandson of Saddam Hussein’s Step-Brother

Lebanon extradited on Friday a man said to be a grandnephew of late Iraqi ruler Saddam Hussein to Iraq, where he is accused of involvement in a massacre by the ISIS extremist group, an Iraqi security source said Saturday. Abdullah Yasser Sabawi, the grandson of Sabawi Ibrahim al-Hassan, the step-brother…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iraqi Prime Minister Sets 5 Urgent Priorities for the Government

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammad Shia al-Sudani has asserted that despite several challenges, there are many opportunities for the government to succeed. Speaking at a meeting with the press attended by Asharq Al-Awsat, Sudani noted that "the regional and international community is supportive.” This has been expressed in a series of…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Nobel laureate Nadia Murad: 'Sexual violence does not go away when war is over'

In 2014, Nadia Murad was captured, alongside many other Yazidi women, by the so-called Islamic State (IS) group in the Iraqi town of Sinjar. She was held hostage, enslaved, tortured and raped, before escaping to Mosul and making her way to Germany. After sharing the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize with…

France 24

Al-Sudani Cancels Security Checks in Iraqi Provinces Liberated from ISIS

Sources close to the Iraqi government said that the decision of Prime Minister Muhammad Shiaa al-Sudani to cancel security permits in areas liberated from the ISIS was aimed at facilitating the affairs of citizens. Al-Sudani canceled the security checks that were imposed on the residents of the western governorates that…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Scots dad jailed in Iraq begs Rishi Sunak to intervene and bring him home

Brian is begging the Prime Minister to intervene and help bring him home to his worried family as the debt has now been paid.

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AFP

Flowery facelift for heart of revolt in Iraqi capital

Baghdad (AFP) - Three years ago, Fadel Abbas marched with tens of thousands of fellow Iraqis chanting for the "fall of the regime" in Baghdad's Tahrir Square, meaning "liberation" in Arabic.

Daily Mirror

US President Joe Biden mixes up Ukraine with Iraq in 79-year-old’s latest slip

US President Biden made another gaffe in front of reporters at the White House on Wednesday evening as he discussed the war in Ukraine and quickly had to correct himself

The Guardian - UK

Admiral of the Fleet Lord Boyce obituary

Chief of the defence staff who challenged Tony Blair on the legality of the 2003 invasion of Iraq

Asharq Al-Awsat

Al-Sudani: Security is a Red Line

Iraqi authorities continue investigations to uncover the circumstances of the killing of an American aid worker in the center of Baghdad on Monday, while Prime Minister Mohammad Al-Sudani warned that his country’s security was a “red line”. The Iraqi premier, who considered that the “timing of the murder of the…

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Al Jazeera

The Al Rasheed Hotel: 40 years of an iconic Baghdad landmark

Since its opening in 1982, the hotel has been central to the turbulent events experienced by the Iraqi capital.

Evening Standard

Watch Joe Biden mixing up Ukraine’s Kherson with Iraqi city of Fallujah in 79-year-old president’s latest slip

It is not the first time he has muddled Ukraine with Iraq since Russia’s war began

Crikey

Wife of Australian jailed in Baghdad says he’s been fined US$50m by Iraqi authorities

Australian engineer Robert Pether, who’s been behind bars for 19 months, has been served with papers demanding a huge sum of money.

The Independent UK

International manhunt for people-smuggler known as ‘Scorpion’

‘There may be some people in the UK who have knowledge of his whereabouts,’ says NCA

Asharq Al-Awsat

Armed Militia Announces Responsibility for Death of US Citizen in Iraq

An armed militia calling itself Ashab al-Kahf claimed responsibility for killing the US citizen, Stephen Troll, in Baghdad on Monday evening. The group announced in a statement that Troll was killed in retaliation for the killing of the Quds Force commander, Qasem Soleimani, and the commander of the Popular Mobilization…

Manchester Evening News

Tragedy of British Army veteran haunted by serving in Iraq and Afghanistan found dead at home

Ben Riches was just 30 when he passed away

Reuters

U.S. confirms American's death in Baghdad

A U.S. citizen has died in Baghdad, the State Department confirmed on Tuesday, one day after police in Iraq said an American was killed in a failed kidnapping attempt.

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