Arabic press review: Iraq presses Jordan to hand over Saddam Hussein's daughter

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Arabic press review: Iraq presses Jordan to hand over Saddam Hussein's daughter
By Mohammad Ayesh



 By Mohammad Ayesh   Published date: 15 August 2019  Iraq to Jordan: Hand over Raghad

The Iraqi parliament is pressuring Jordan to hand over Saddam Hussein's daughter, according to a report published in the Saudi newspaper Okaz on Wednesday.

Iraqi sources told the paper that Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi faces a crisis as political blocs in parliament are pressing him to push Jordan to return several Iraqi opposition figures including Raghad, the daughter of the former Iraqi president.

The Iraqi government has accused Hussein's fifth daughter and other Iraqis in Jordan of financing militant movements that seek to topple the state.

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