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AFP: Al-Zaidi dismisses 9 officials over oil smuggling in a stronghold of a faction close to Iran

LebaneseInsider aggregation service14 Nov 2026 · 19:45Beirut time

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Ali Faleh al-Zaidi: Ali Faleh al-Zaidi is Iraq’s prime minister. Reports say he ordered the referral of those implicated in the Jurf al-Nasr oil-smuggling case to the judiciary and the dismissal of officials. Al-Zaidi in Amman · Iraqi Prime Minister expects the budget to exceed $300 billion in 2032 · Al-Zaidi visits the shrine of Sayyida Zaynab in Damascus and donates to it and the Umayyad Mosque from his personal account · MTV Lebanon ↗ · Lebanon Debate ↗ · Al Manar ↗

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