Iraqi surgeon ‘suffered racial harassment’ after raising concerns

A whistle-blowing surgeon from Iraq suffered racial discrimination and harassment after raising the alarm about patient safety at a trust where he claimed ‘white and Indian doctors were untouchable’, a tribunal has found. Associate specialist surgeon Dr Manuf Kassem raised concerns about the care of 25 patients at North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust … Read more

Whistle-blowing Iraqi surgeon at North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Trust ‘suffered racial harassment’

A whistle-blowing surgeon from Iraq suffered racial discrimination and harassment after raising the alarm about patient safety at a trust where he claimed ‘white and Indian doctors were untouchable’, a tribunal has found. Associate specialist surgeon Dr Manuf Kassem raised concern about the care of 25 patients at North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust … Read more

Jailed – the people smuggler who was tracked by drone: Iraqi, 36, was filmed by ‘eye in the sky’

The first people smuggler convicted using evidence from surveillance drones over the Channel was jailed yesterday. Rebwar Ahmed, 36, was filmed by an ‘eye in the sky’ unmanned aircraft at the helm of a rigid-hulled inflatable boat crossing from France. The Iraqi’s conviction came as the Daily Mail was granted exclusive access to the nerve … Read more

Devout Shiite Muslims mark day of Ashura in Iraqi holy city of Najaf

Devout Shiite pilgrims were left covered in blood as they struck themselves with swords and chains during the mourning procession to mark the day of Ashura in the holy city of Najaf.  Ashura, on the 10th day of the mourning month of Muharram, commemorates the killing of the Prophet Mohammed’s grandson Hussein at the Battle … Read more

‘Islamist’ Iraqi causes multiple crashes on Berlin motorway, injuring six

‘Islamist’ Iraqi screaming ‘Allahu Akbar’ causes multiple crashes on Berlin motorway while driving car with fake bomb on the roof before he is overpowered by police Six people hurt, three seriously, after car crashed into motorbike riders in Berlin Iraqi man in his 30s allegedly shouted ‘Allahu Akbar’ and claimed to have a bomb He … Read more

Iraqi woman, 20, ‘is burned to death by her abusive husband’

Iraqi woman, 20, is pictured writhing in pain on her hospital bed ‘after being set alight by her abusive husband’ before dying of her injuries Malak Haider al-Zubaidi, 20, died in Iraqi hospital on Saturday from severe burns  She was allegedly beaten and set alight by her husband, an Iraqi policeman  Her family say she … Read more

53 migrants including Iraqi and Syrians intercepted near Dover, just two days after previous rescue

Border force rescues 53 people including Iraqi and Syrian nationals from the straits of Dover, just two days after another 52 migrants were intercepted in the same stretch of water The 49 men and four women intercepted by Border Force officials near Dover They travelled on four boats which were picked up between 2.20am and … Read more