Former Iraqi MP Ahmed al-Alwani killed in Beirut
Former Iraqi parliamentarian Ahmed al-Alwani was murdered in Beirut during a visit. He arrived on November 5, 2026, and his body was found in an apartment. One suspect is detained; motives are under investigation.
Former Iraqi politician Ahmed al-Alwani was brutally murdered in Beirut during a routine visit to Lebanon. According to reports, he arrived in Beirut on November 5 on a Middle East Airlines flight from Irbil, left his hotel on Thursday evening, and was found dead shortly afterward. Iraq's ambassador to Lebanon said security cameras recorded al-Alwani voluntarily entering a building in the al-Tariq al-Jadida area along with two Syrians and a Lebanese, and that he was strangled with a rope from one of the house's curtains. The Lebanese is detained for questioning, and it is suspected that the two Syrians have left Lebanon. The article raises suspicion that the Shia terrorist organization Hezbollah, linked to Shia elements in Iraq who had previously threatened al-Alwani's life, is behind the murder. The family filed a missing person report, and his body was later found.