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Iraqi sources told Al Mayadeen that reports that Barrack conveyed warnings to Iraq about an Israeli strike if any Iraqi party supports Hezbollah are false.

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The Pope to the Lebanese: You are a diverse country and a community made up of communities united by one language, the language of hope, which has allowed you to start anew.

Pope Leo XIV to the Lebanese: You are a people who do not give up, but a people who persevere in the face of difficulties and know how to be reborn.

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Georgian Olympic Champion Accused of Murder

By Al Mayadeen
Source: Al Mayadeen + Agencies
17 Aug 2021 23:36

An Olympic champion, Zurab Zviadauri, is accused of murder - and the Georgian security forces arrest him for investigation.

Zurab Zviadauri is charged with premediated murder.

Judoka Zurab Zviadauri, Georgia's first Olympic champion, has been charged with the premeditated murder of three people, stated the Georgian Interior Ministry.

According to the security forces statement, "Zviadauri was arrested along with another unidentified person on charges of a shooting that killed 3 people in the town of Tsinandali."

Zviadauri was the first Georgian to win a gold medal in the Athens 2004 Olympics in judo, after which he was elected as a Member of Parliament from 2012 to 2016.

If found guilty, Zviadauri could face up to 15 years in prison, according to the Georgian Penal Code.

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