Body of former Iraqi MP found in Beirut
According to Alhurra, Iraqi and Lebanese sources announced on Tuesday that the body of Ahmed al-Alwani, a former MP for Anbar province in the Iraqi Parliament, was discovered in an apartment in the Tariq al-Jadida district of Beirut. The Public Prosecutor at the Court of Cassation in Lebanon confirmed the news, stating that he is personally overseeing the preliminary investigation into the circumstances of his death. Earlier, a source at the Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs told Alhurra that the Iraqi embassy in Beirut had received a report from al-Alwani's family regarding the loss of contact with him four days prior and had begun coordinating with Lebanese authorities to determine his fate. Ahmed al-Alwani, who rose to prominence during the 2012-2013 protests in Anbar against the government of Nouri al-Maliki, was arrested in 2013 and sentenced to death in 2014 for the killing of two soldiers. He was released in April 2025 after more than 11 years in prison, following a tribal settlement and his inclusion under the general amnesty law.