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Iraqi Kurdish forces say they arrested US citizen after clashes

Summary by The New Arab
Iraqi Kurdish security officials said on Friday said they had arrested an American citizen accused of training an illegal militia in northern Iraq. Colonel Salam Abdulkhaliq, a spokesman for the Kurdistan Region Security Agency, said Brian Wilson had been detained on 22 August in the Lalezar Hotel in Sulaymaniyah during fighting between forces from the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) and the Dupishk (Scorpion) militia, a breakaway group. Duri…

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Iraqi Kurdish forces say they arrested US citizen after clashes

Iraqi Kurdish security officials said on Friday said they had arrested an American citizen accused of training an illegal militia in northern Iraq. Colonel Salam Abdulkhaliq, a spokesman for the Kurdistan Region Security Agency, said Brian Wilson had been detained on 22 August in the Lalezar Hotel in Sulaymaniyah during fighting between forces from the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) and the Dupishk (Scorpion) militia, a breakaway group. Duri…

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The New Arab broke the news in London, United Kingdom on Friday, September 5, 2025.
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