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Ben Hassin Freed After Iraq Kurdistan Reconciliation Deal

By Drooid · Sep 21, 2026, 8:00 AM UTC · How we work

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Ben Hassin was freed after serving 11 years in an Iraqi Kurdistan prison.
His release followed a reconciliation agreement with the taxi driver’s family.
Hassin had been convicted of murder for shooting a taxi driver during an argument.
His family said the driver threatened to hand him to ISIS because they thought he was Jewish.

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Ben Hassin was freed after serving 11 years in an Iraqi Kurdistan prison.
His release followed a reconciliation agreement with the taxi driver’s family.
Hassin had been convicted of murder for shooting a taxi driver during an argument.
His family said the driver threatened to hand him to ISIS because they thought he was Jewish.