Lebanon’s Foreign Affairs
Minister Adnan Mansour said on Wednesday that the abducted Lebanese nationals
in Syria will be released shortly.
“I received a call on
[Tuesday] evening from an Arab dignitary telling me that the contacts he had
made revealed the whereabouts of the abductees and that they will be released
in the coming hours,” Mansour told Voice of Lebanon (100.5) radio station.
The minister also said that
the kidnapping incident was “not related to the policy of dissociating Lebanon
from the Syrian crisis.”
Earlier on Tuesday, 13
Lebanese Shia Muslims were kidnapped in Aleppo province as they were headed
back home by bus from a pilgrimage in Iran. Their families said that they were
abducted by Syrian rebels. The Free Syrian Army, however, denied the accusation.
No comments:
Post a Comment