President Barzani health scare: The office of President Nechirvan Barzani was forced to issue a statement on 10 December denying the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) leader had been suffering from ill health, amid rumours on social media of a health scare during his visit to Paris to attend the reopening of Notre Dame cathedral on 7 December. Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) spokesperson Dilshad Shahab said such rumours were “unfounded” and “entirely false”.
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