Iraq sending crew to help in Lebanese investigation into al-Alwani’s killing.
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Lebanese authorities have requested Syria at hand over two Syrians suspected of involvement within the killing of former Iraqi MP Ahmed al-Alwani, who was discovered lifeless in an house in Beirut earlier this week.
A Lebanese judicial supply advised the AFP information company that preliminary findings point out al-Alwani was strangled to dying, however the perpetrators and motives stay murky.
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Hailing from Ramadi in Iraq’s Sunni heartland, al-Alwani was a vocal critic of Iranian affect over Baghdad and had served greater than a decade in jail after an preliminary dying sentence on “terrorism” costs in his house nation.
Investigators on the Lebanese Public Prosecutor’s workplace had requested Damascus to arrest and hand over two Syrian nationals, the supply added, who’re suspected of involvement in al-Alwani’s killing.
The supply mentioned the identities of the 2 suspects are but to be decided, and {that a} Lebanese nationwide had been arrested and is being interrogated.
In a separate case, the Data Department of the Inside Safety Forces is investigating 5 Hezbollah members who had been arrested within the Batroun highlands in northern Lebanon, based on the general public prosecutor’s media workplace.
The official Nationwide Information Company mentioned Lebanon’s prime prosecutor, Decide Ahmed Rami al-Hajj, is personally overseeing the investigation into al-Alwani’s killing, which is being carried out by the Data Department of Lebanon’s Inside Safety Forces.
Motives investigated
Investigators are nonetheless attempting to establish the attainable motives behind the killing, however the preliminary inquiry reveals a monetary angle, sources advised AFP.
Al-Alwani’s physique was found on Tuesday evening in an house within the Tariq al-Jdideh neighbourhood of Beirut, based on Lebanese media.
Al-Alwani had arrived in Beirut from Erbil airport on a Center East Airways flight on the night of November 5 and was pushed to a resort, based on the top of the Iraqi Safety Media Cell, Lieutenant Normal Saad Maan, who’s following the investigation in Lebanon.
Maan advised the Iraqi Information Company (INA) that al-Alwani left the resort lower than an hour after checking into his room, telling employees on the reception that he was leaving with associates.
The resort employees advised investigators that the individuals who had been accompanying al-Alwani had been talking with a Syrian accent, based on Maan.
INA reported that al-Alwani left the resort in a white Vary Rover automobile, after which he made two calls to kin again in Iraq earlier than contact with him was misplaced.
Loss of life sentence
Iraq’s President Nizar Amedi has referred to as for a swift investigation to find out the circumstances surrounding the killing and establish the perpetrators, after assembly Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam in Turkiye on Wednesday.
Al-Alwani, a Sunni politician, previously represented the western province of Anbar in Iraq’s parliament. He rose to prominence throughout the protests of 2012 and 2013 in opposition to the Shia-led authorities of then-Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, whom critics accused of sectarian insurance policies marginalising Sunnis.
He was additionally a vocal critic of Iran’s affect in Iraq and of Iranian-backed Shia armed teams within the nation.
Al-Alwani was arrested in December 2013 throughout a safety raid on his house in Ramadi, throughout which his brother and several other others had been killed.
He was sentenced to dying in 2014 on “terrorism” costs, however launched in April 2025 underneath Iraq’s Normal Amnesty Legislation after greater than a decade in jail.
Iraq’s Ambassador to Lebanon Mohammed Reda al-Husseini mentioned on Tuesday that the Iraqi embassy was following the case intently.
He mentioned the embassy is awaiting the ultimate report from the Lebanese safety companies to “disclose the circumstances of the crime”.
