Baghdad court issues arrest warrant for Maysan provincial council chief

[半岛电视台] An investigative court in Baghdad issued an arrest warrant on Monday, October 26, 2026, for the head of the Maysan provincial council, according to Al Jazeera. The warrant followed his threat to stage civil disobedience and cut roads linking the province to the rest of Iraq if his demand to open the Shib border crossing was not met. Al Jazeera reported that the dispute over the Shib crossing also involves protests and counterfeit currency.