REPORT: Two ISF members abducted in Arsal released

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17-08-2014 | 05:21
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REPORT: Two ISF members abducted in Arsal released
Two Internal Security Forces members who were abducted in the mountainous region of Arsal earlier this month returned to their families on Sunday.

Earlier, the two members arrived to the Lebanese army Intelligence station in Ras Baalbek after being handed over to a delegation from the Association of Muslim Scholars.

The ISF members were identified as Kamal Meslmani and Medayn Hassan. 

20 soldiers have been killed and at least 30 other ISF and LAF soldiers remain missing in the wake of deadly clashes that erupted in the northeastern border town of Arsal on August 01.      

Clashes flared up when Syrian gunmen deployed across the region after the Lebanese Armed Forces arrested Syrian national Imad Ahmad Jomaa at a checkpoint.        

On Thursday (August 07), a military source stated that a truce in Arsal appeared to be holding and the situation in the border town was quiet.       

The sources said LAF troops were combing the area in eastern Lebanon to see if gunmen were withdrawing under the terms of the truce.        

Lebanese security officials say the fighters include members of al Qaeda's Syria branch, the Nusra Front, and an al Qaeda splinter group, the Islamic State, which has seized swathes of land in Syria and Iraq.



To watch Edmond Sassine's report, please click on the video above.

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