Saudi paper sacks Iraq correspondent over ‘fake’ report
- 22-Nov-2016
BAGHDAD: The Saudi-owned newspaper Asharq al-Awsat said on Monday it fired its Baghdad correspondent, a day after printing controversial accusations wrongly attributed to a UN spokesman. The report drew condemnation from Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi and several other leading Shia figures and bodies demanding an apology. The sacking of the journalist, who was not […]