Lebanon extradites to Iraq ‘Saddam grandnephew’

Lebanon extradited a man said to be a grandnephew of Saddam Hussein to Iraq, where he is accused of involvement in a massacre by the Daesh group, a security source said on Saturday. Abdullah Sabawi was extradited on Friday, the Iraqi security source said on condition of anonymity, describing him as the “son of a nephew” of the executed president. “He is accused of having been a member of Daesh and having participated in the Speicher massacre” of 2014, in which up to 1,700 air force cadets were executed by the militant group, the source added. A Lebanese judicial source said Sabawi, born in 1994, “was detained on June 11” following an Interpol notice calling for his arrest over his alleged involvement in the massacre. “Iraq requested his extradition,” the Lebanese source added. — afp