DUBAI: The European Union is undertaking efforts to remove Iraq from the list of high-risk countries, the EU ambassador to Iraq said on Tuesday, according to Al Arabiya TV.
Foreign powers use Iraq as a proxy battlefield, Martin Huth said, adding that the danger of Iraq becoming a failed state carried disastrous repercussions for the region.
The EU listed Iraq as a high-risk country for money laundering and terrorist financing, along with North Korea, Iran, Afghanistan, Syria and Yemen, in May last year.
Over the past years, the money laundering trade in Iraq had been fueled by several sources, including oil and drug smuggling, as well as arms trade.
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EU moves to remove Iraq from high-risk countries list
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EU moves to remove Iraq from high-risk countries list
Lebanon’s Tripoli building collapse kills 14
The death toll from the collapse of residential buildings in the Lebanese city of Tripoli rose to 14 after search and rescue operations ended, Lebanon’s National News Agency said on Monday citing the civil defense chief.
Civil defense director general Imad Khreiss said rescue teams recovered 14 bodies and rescued eight people from the rubble of the collapsed buildings in the northern city’s Bab Al-Tabbaneh neighborhood.
Officials said on Sunday that two adjoining buildings had collapsed.
Abdel Hamid Karameh, head of Tripoli’s municipal council, said he could not confirm how many people remained missing. Earlier, the head of Lebanon’s civil defense rescue service said the two buildings were home to 22 residents.
A number of aging residential buildings have collapsed in Tripoli, Lebanon’s second-largest city, in recent weeks, highlighting deteriorating infrastructure and years of neglect, state media reported, citing municipal officials.
Civil defense director general Imad Khreiss said rescue teams recovered 14 bodies and rescued eight people from the rubble of the collapsed buildings in the northern city’s Bab Al-Tabbaneh neighborhood.
Officials said on Sunday that two adjoining buildings had collapsed.
Abdel Hamid Karameh, head of Tripoli’s municipal council, said he could not confirm how many people remained missing. Earlier, the head of Lebanon’s civil defense rescue service said the two buildings were home to 22 residents.
A number of aging residential buildings have collapsed in Tripoli, Lebanon’s second-largest city, in recent weeks, highlighting deteriorating infrastructure and years of neglect, state media reported, citing municipal officials.
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