The Lebanese security forces discovered the body of former Iraqi lawmaker Ahmed al-Alwani inside an apartment in Beirut's Tarek al-Jadida neighborhood, after he had been missing for 4 days.
Al-Alwani disappeared after luring him to an unknown location, prompting a search coordinated by Lebanese security agencies and the Iraqi embassy. His phones are turned off, and his security detail has lost contact with him. An investigation into the circumstances of his death is ongoing.
Al-Alwani, a prominent Sunni politician who led anti-government protests in Iraq in 2013, spent more than a decade on death row before being acquitted and released in April 2025.