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Two Kuwaitis kidnapped on Iraqi desert hunting trip, officials say

By AFP
December 26, 2023

ANBAR, Iraq: Security forces are searching for two Kuwaitis who were kidnapped while on a hunting trip in a desert area in Iraq, two security officials said on Monday.

A police colonel confirmed the kidnapping took place on Sunday in a desert area between Anbar and Salahuddin provinces. However, an Iraqi foreign ministry statement referred only to one Kuwaiti national.

Iraqi security officials can be seen in this image. — AFP/File
Iraqi security officials can be seen in this image. — AFP/File

It said Iraq’s Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein told his Kuwaiti counterpart Sheikh Salem Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah the Iraqi government would “determine the fate of the Kuwaiti national”. The statement followed a phone call between the two ministers on Monday. The desert region is known to be a hiding place for Islamic State militant groups that are still active, the two security sources said.