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Apr
2013
Lebanon delegation met with pilgrim abductors, report says
Lebanon’s Interior Minister Marwan Charbel dispatched a delegation to Syria’s northern area of Aazaz to meet the abductors of the nine Lebanese Shiite pilgrims kidnapped last year, according to a report. “The abductors told the delegation that they are requesting the release of Syrian opposition members detained in Lebanese prisons and for the Lebanese government to form an official delegation to visit them and negotiate with them [in exchange for the release of the nine Shiite pilgrims],” sources told Turkish Anadolu news agency on Monday. They added that the Lebanese abductees are in good health and receiving the appropriate…
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