Three Syrian men, who were abducted in al-Bzaliyeh town in
Baalbek, were released at 11:00 p.m. Monday, the National News Agency reported
on Tuesday.
The three men identified as Mohammed al-Ali, Rifaat al-Mohammed
and Saddam al-Khleif are now in the Lebanese army’s custody.
The kidnapped men were released in Shaath area near the
international road, NNA said, noting that the three men are from the Syrian
province of Hama.
On Monday, a previously unknown group called "The Brigade of
al-Mukhtar al-Thaqafi" claimed the abduction of Syrian opposition members
in Lebanon in a bid to swap them for 11 Lebanese Shiite pilgrims abducted in
Syria on May 22, al-Mayadeen television reported.
However, the number of the kidnapped men remains vague as some
news outlets said that the armed group kidnapped 5 Syrians.
According to al-Akhbar newspaper published on Tuesday, the
abductors released 3 out of the 5 Syrians shortly after finding out that they
were not Syrian opposition members.
However, security sources told the daily that the kidnappers
released the 5 men on Monday night.
A Syrian rebel commander on Sunday said that the 11 Lebanese
pilgrims were in “good health” but stressed that they will only be released
“after the ouster” of Syrian President Bashar Assad.
The Lebanese men were on their way back from a pilgrimage in Iran
when gunmen intercepted their buses in the northern Syrian province of Aleppo.
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