Nizam Mgheit, brother of the abducted soldier Ibrahim Mgheit, announced on Wednesday that the families of the servicemen kidnapped by the Islamic State are looking for a negotiator.
Moughit’s remarks were made during an interview with LBCI’s Nharkom Said whereby he stressed that the families might take escalatory steps, denouncing the fact that “the fate of the soldiers remains unknown.”
He also indicated that the relatives will meet with General Security Chief Maj. Gen. Abbas Ibrahim very soon.
Al Qaeda's Syrian wing freed on the first of December 16 Lebanese soldiers and policemen in exchange for the release of jailed Islamists including the ex-wife of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
The Nusra Front seized the Lebanese 16 months ago during an attack on the Lebanese border town of Arsal mounted together with the Islamic State jihadist group which is still believed to be holding nine soldiers captured in the incursion.