Eight Saudi detainees in Iraq returned to the Kingdom

Arrangements are currently underway to turn over 16 Iraqi detainees in Saudi Arabia to Iraqi authorities.

In an April 2008 interview with the London-based Asharq Al-Awsat, Iraqi National Security Adviser Muwaffaq Al-Rubaie praised Saudi Arabia’s “ideal” cooperation on counterterrorism and noted that the two countries have a hotline for the exchange of prisoners and information analysis.