Well-informed sources told al-Joumhouria daily that a phone call conducted by a non-Lebanese mediator to Islamic State leadership stressed that the ten abducted Lebanese soldiers who remain in captivity by IS are still alive and were transported to the Raqqa region in Syria. The source added that IS fighters are keeping the body of one dead soldier.
In turn, Hussein Youssef, father of abducted soldier Mohammad Youssef replied, noting that there are no indications proving these reports mentioned by the newspaper, adding that Lebanese authorities and the concerned parties in this case are not aware of such information.