Missing Kuwaiti, Saudi citizens discovered dead in Iraq

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Missing Kuwaiti, Saudi citizens discovered dead in Iraq

Missing Kuwaiti, Saudi citizens discovered dead in Iraq

A mosque along the side of a road in the city of Ramadi, the capital of Iraq's central Anbar Governorate. (File/AFP)

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27 Dec 2023 12:12:48 GMT9

Saudi embassy in Baghdad confirmed deaths, said it was following results of ongoing investigations into incident
Kuwaiti Foreign Ministry coordinating with Iraqi authorities to investigate the circumstances of the deaths

RIYADH: A Kuwaiti national and Saudi national recently reported missing have been discovered dead in Iraq, Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Salem Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah has said.

“Two bodies found by Iraqi authorities are believed to be those of a missing Kuwaiti and his Saudi companion who had disappeared in the western Anbar province,” the foreign minister said.

Saudi Arabia’s embassy in Baghdad confirmed the deaths of the Saudi and Kuwaiti citizens and said it was following, in coordination with Iraqi authorities, the circumstances surrounding the incident and the results of ongoing investigations into it.

The Kingdom’s embassy and Kuwait’s foreign minister expressed their sadness at the incident and extended their sincere condolences to the families of the victims.

Al-Sabah added that Kuwait’s Foreign Ministry is coordinating closely with Iraqi authorities to investigate the circumstances of the deaths.

The minister directed the Kuwait Embassy in Baghdad to oversee the investigation and praised Iraq’s efforts in discovering the bodies of the deceased.

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