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Killing of Ahmed al-Alwani in Beirut: suspicions touch Hezbollah and Iran's Revolutionary Guards

Beirut, Lebanon ·

Lebanese investigators are continuing their inquiry into the killing of former Iraqi lawmaker Ahmed al-Alwani inside a residential apartment in Beirut. The Associated Press, citing security and judicial sources, reported that three people, including two Syrians and a Lebanese citizen, rented the apartment. Security agencies are trying to identify the perpetrators and establish the motive.

Ahmed al-Alwani was a Sunni opposition politician in Iraq who had criticised the government of former prime minister Nouri al-Maliki. Hezbollah is a Lebanese Shia movement and political party with an armed wing, and Iran's Revolutionary Guards is a branch of Iran's armed forces.

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