Kuwait says bodies of Kuwaiti and Saudi missing in Iraq have been found
Kuwait says bodies of Kuwaiti and Saudi missing in Iraq have been found
Kuwait has reported that the bodies of a Kuwaiti and a Saudi individual, who went missing during a desert hunting trip in Iraq, have been found within Iraq.
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The desert region is known to be a hiding place for Islamic State militants who are still active. [Getty]
Iraqi authorities have found the bodies of a Kuwaiti and a Saudi national resident in Kuwait who went missing while on a hunting trip in a desert area of Iraq, Kuwait's foreign minister said on Tuesday.
"Two bodies found by Iraqi authorities are believed to be those of a missing Kuwaiti and his Saudi companion who had disappeared in the western Anbar province," a foreign ministry statement, reported by state news agency KUNA, said.
It gave no further details.
The desert region is known to be a hiding place for Islamic State militants who are still active, Iraqi security sources told Reuters.
Kuwaiti foreign minister Sheikh Salem Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah praised the Iraqi authorities for their efforts and said they were in contact to investigate the case further.Ìý
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