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Prominent Iraqi Environmentalist Jassim Al-Asadi Kidnapped Near Baghdad

HeadlineFeb 06, 2023

In other news from Iraq, loved ones of environmentalist and water protector Jassim Al-Asadi are demanding his safe return, after he was kidnapped by an unknown armed group near Baghdad last week. Al-Asadi is the head of the group Nature Iraq, which fights for the protection of the country’s southern wetlands.

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