📰 2 sources 6 articles · 12 Nov 2026, 13:08 → 8 hours ago

Investigation into the killing of former Iraqi MP Ahmad al-Alwani in an apartment in Beirut

Former Iraqi MP Ahmad al-Alwani was found killed in an apartment in the Tariq al-Jadida area of Beirut, and the Lebanese judiciary took over the investigation. Information followed about arrests and about Syrians linked to the crime, while Public Prosecutor Ahmad Rami al-Haj ordered technical measures on the body and asked the Syrian authorities to hand over two persons.

📍 Where things stand: The judicial and security investigations remain open, with Lebanese General Security now involved, and no final results have been officially announced.

⏱️ Timeline

12 Nov 2026, 13:08 Iraqi security media announced, in a statement to Al-Hadath channel, the arrest of a person in the Alwani killing case in Beirut, without giving further details on the identity of the arrested person or the circumstances of the operation.
12 Nov 2026, 13:10 Iraqi security media said the questioning of the hotel owners showed that the persons who left with al-Alwani spoke with a Syrian dialect, and that the apartment where the body was found is owned by a Lebanese man held precautionarily, while expressing confidence in the Lebanese judiciary to uncover the circumstances.
12 Nov 2026, 18:53 Lebanon Debate reported that former Iraqi MP Ahmad al-Alwani made his last call to his family at around 10:30 p.m., in the presence of Syrians inside an apartment in the Tariq al-Jadida area.
12 Nov 2026, 19:00 Lebanon Debate reported that the threads of the crime extend to Syria and that Judge al-Haj is moving in the Alwani file; in detail, Public Prosecutor Ahmad Rami al-Haj ordered an X-ray of the body to determine the cause of death and the lifting of fingerprints from the apartment after it turned out that its contents had been scattered and smashed, and he asked the Syrian authorities to hand over two Syrians whose identities were revealed after they appeared in surveillance camera footage.
13 Nov 2026, 20:46 MTV reported that it revealed more threads in the killing of former Iraqi MP Ahmad al-Alwani in Beirut, that General Security entered the investigations, and that a decision was issued by Public Prosecutor Ahmad Rami al-Haj.