16 Iraqi fishermen arrested in Khor Abdullah by Kuwaiti Coast Guard

The Fishermen’s Association reported that Kuwaiti Coast Guard had arrested 16 Iraqi fishermen, as they call the government to intervene to release them.

An official in the association said in a radio interview broadcast by the “Al-Ghadeer” website, that “the Kuwaiti Coast Guard arrested this morning 16 Iraqi fishermen from the people of Basra Governorate in Khor Abdullah, on the pretext of crossing the territorial waters of the Kuwaiti side”.

The official called on the federal government to “intervene with the Kuwaiti side to release detained Iraqi fishermen”.