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Father held in Iraqi jail over ‘debt’ to arrive back in Scotland on Friday

Brian Glendinning, 43, was arrested in Iraq in September over an alleged debt he owed to the Qatar National Bank.

The Independent UK

Iraq's Basra under pressure from rural exodus due to desertification

Repeated droughts experienced by Iraq for the past three years are accentuating the rural exodus underway throughout the country. No longer able to work on their land due to rapid desertification, farmers are moving to the cities. In oil-rich Basra, the country's economic powerhouse, these farmers end up in slums,…

France 24

Sudani Values Saudi Arabia’s Role in the Region

Iraqi Prime Minister Muhammad Shia Al-Sudani praised Saudi Arabia’s leading role in the region, emphasizing the importance of developing relations between the two countries in various fields, including electrical interconnection. During a press conference following the weekly Cabinet meeting on Tuesday, the Iraqi premier said that his country was “keen…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Zakhiku: The ancient city in Iraq revealed by severe drought

The ruins of a submerged city on the Tigris River that emerged this year belonged to a little-known empire.

Al Jazeera

Turkey to pursue Syria targets after Iraq operation against Kurdish militants -official

Turkey plans to pursue targets in northern Syria after it completes a cross-border operation against outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants in Iraq, a senior official said on Tuesday, after a deadly weekend bomb in Istanbul.

Reuters

Iran launches missile attacks on Kurdish opposition group in Iraq

Missiles fired from Iran targeted bases of an exiled Iranian Kurdish opposition group in neighbouring Iraq on Monday, killing at least one person and wounding eight, local officials said. It was the latest in a series of such attacks in recent weeks.

France 24

Renewed Iranian Strikes in Iraqi Kurdistan Leave Casualties

One person was killed and at least 8 others were wounded on Monday when Iranian rockets and drones hit the headquarters of Iranian Kurdish parties in the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq. An Iranian military source confirmed that "Iran has carried out attacks with drones and missiles targeting the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Iran targets "terrorist groups" in Iraq's Kurdistan - Fars

Iran's Revolutionary Guards targeted on Monday what the semi-official Fars news agency reported as "terrorist groups" in Iraq's Kurdistan region with missile and drone strikes.

Reuters

Middle East's Fertile Crescent dries up as rains fail

Abbas Elwan drilled well after well in a desperate bid to find water for his family's parched farmlands in southern Iraq. After yet another attempt failed in August, he took a gun from the kitchen of their mud house and slipped into the night.

Reuters

Rocket attack near Iraq's Erbil kills one, wounds 10 - mayor

At least one person was killed and 10 others were wounded on Monday after rockets hit the headquarters of the Iranian Kurdish party in the city of Koye, near the capital of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region Erbil, the mayor of Koye Tariq Haidari said.

Reuters

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

Daily Mirror

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.

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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.

Daily Record

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.

Edinburgh Live

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.

The Independent UK

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

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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

Asharq Al-Awsat

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…

France 24

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…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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…

Daily Record

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.

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

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