Muqtada al-Sadr spokesmen denies that al-Sadr fled to Beirut

On Sunday Sadrist spokesman, Salah al-Obeidi said that the current leader Muqtada al-Sadr visited the leadership of Iraq’s border protection forces based in the south of Najaf to discuss security developments and the progress of border protection operations, pointing out that al-Sadr is currently in Najaf and has not yet departed the city.

Obeidi said in an interview for IraqiNews.com, “The cleric Muqtada al-Sadr visited the leadership of border forces in the area of Hira, south of Najaf. He met its Leader to discuss the latest developments and Border Protection he checked the progress of operations of Border Protection.”

He added that “Al-Sadr is currently in Najaf, the reported news of some sites for the trip of Al-Sadr to Beirut or anywhere else is false.”
Some media had circulated earlier the news of the existence of the cleric Muqtada al-Sadr in Beirut, and his intention to travel to Samarra.