KUWAIT CITY, Feb 18: A nationality file dating back to the early 1970s has been thrust back into the spotlight after the Nationality Investigation Department uncovered what officials describe as a decades-old forgery involving a Syrian national who obtained Kuwaiti citizenship in his twenties by claiming affiliation under Article Five.
The original file holder is now deceased. Registered under his record are 16 children from two wives — 12 from one and four from the other. Investigations in recent years have…