Relatives of the 11
Lebanese Shiite pilgrims that were abducted in Syria protested in front of
the Baabda Presidential Palace on Tuesday morning, the National News Agency
reported.
They called on President
Michel Suleiman and the cabinet to work toward the pilgrims’ release, and urged
Arab countries to help in the matter, the report added.
A delegation of the
protests met later on Tuesday with Suleiman, who “promised positive
developments before Sunday.”
In May, 11 Shiite pilgrims were abducted in Syria’s Aleppo while
returning from a pilgrimage in Iran. Later in the month, a previously unknown
armed group calling itself the "Syrian Revolutionaries—Aleppo
Province" said that it was holding the group, while the Free Syrian Army had repeatedly
denied its involvement in the abduction. http://www.nowlebanon.com/NewsArticleDetails.aspx?ID=423911#
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