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Lebanese Shi'ite Hostages Freed, En Route To Beirut
yahoo.com 5 days, 19 hours agoBEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanese Shi'ites kidnapped in Syria were freed and handed over to Turkish authorities on Friday, Lebanon's prime minister said after the abductions sparked angry protests in his country where sectarian tensions have flared over Syria's turmoil. The kidnapping of the Lebanese, who were snatched in northern Syria this week as they returned from a pilgrimage in Iran, was the latest incident in the 14-month-old uprising against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to entangle neighboring Lebanon
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Lebanese FM: Captives In Syria Have Been Found
yahoo.com 1 week agoLebanon's foreign minister said Wednesday that authorities have located 11 Lebanese Shiites kidnapped the previous day in Syria and that he expects they will be released soon.















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