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Iraq, Lebanon
Abbas Ibrahim key to Beirut-Baghdad oil deal

Lebanese spymaster Abbas Ibrahim has played a vital role in ongoing plans to export Iraqi oil to Beirut, discussing the arrangement with officials in Damascus, Cairo and even Washington. [...]

Published on 15.02.2021 at 10:30 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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The head of the General Security Directorate, Abbas Ibrahim, and his counterpart from State Security, Tony Saliba.

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Egypt, France
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