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Alwani traveled to Beirut for promised al-Sharaa meeting, associate says

An Iraqi politician close to the former MP describes a planned London visit and a warning before the journey that ended in his killing.

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0:00The opening report describes Alwani's killing in Beirut and the detention of a suspect.
2:27Maarouf says Alwani remained politically active and was preparing international meetings.
6:00Maarouf outlines political work concerning Iraq and an economic initiative involving critical minerals.
7:04Maarouf says a promised meeting with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa drew Alwani to Beirut.
9:20Maarouf says he expected to welcome Alwani at Heathrow on November 11 for a schedule of meetings.
10:33Maarouf questions the official investigations and says the body had not yet been released.

Ahmed al-Alwani went to Beirut believing a meeting with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa could be arranged, according to a political associate who says he warned the former Iraqi MP that the proposed contact was dangerous.

Speaking from London to Al Mashhad المشهد, the United Arab Emirates-based Arabic news channel, Iraqi politician Mohammed al-Maarouf describes the journey as a trap. The broadcaster reports that Alwani was found dead in a Beirut apartment after several days missing. Citing judicial sources, its on-screen report says he suffered a blow to the head and was strangled.

The channel reports that one suspect has been detained and two others are being sought, with an Iraqi committee participating in the investigation. Whether the killing had a criminal motive or was connected to Alwani's political past remains unresolved in the report.

Maarouf disputes the idea that Alwani had withdrawn from politics. He says they were in frequent contact and that Alwani was preparing political meetings in Britain and the European Union. He describes two strands of work: a political campaign against Iranian influence in Iraq, and an economic initiative involving the country's critical minerals.

According to Maarouf, the prospect of meeting Syria's leadership was the principal reason for the Beirut trip. He says he cautioned Alwani that the route was unsafe and that his information suggested the Syrian leadership did not want to open that channel of contact. His account does not establish that any meeting had actually been authorized by al-Sharaa or his office.

Maarouf accuses parties linked to Iran's Quds Force, the Revolutionary Guard's external-operations branch, of responsibility for the killing. That is his allegation, not an investigative conclusion reported in the segment. He also expresses distrust of the Lebanese and Iraqi official investigations and says Lebanese authorities had not released the body at the time of the interview.

Alwani had been due to arrive at London's Heathrow Airport on November 11, Maarouf says, for political, media and economic meetings. He says he had planned to receive him there.

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