PM Salam to families of kidnapped soldiers: The state will not abandon its citizens

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16-08-2014 | 07:41
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PM Salam to families of kidnapped soldiers: The state will not abandon its citizens
Prime Minister Tammam Salam said on Saturday that the Lebanese state will not abandon its citizens, noting that the efforts being exerted to release the kidnapped soldiers require patience and accuracy.      

“What happened in the northeastern border town of Arsal had almost threatened the whole country,” Salam told a delegation of the captives’ families.      

“We were concerned about the situation in the town due to the deployment of huge numbers of Syrian refugees in there,” PM Salam said.       

“Nonetheless, no one expected that militants from the Islamic State and other groups will launch such brutal and swift attacks on the town of Arsal, its citizens, the Lebanese army and the security forces,” he added.       

Clashes erupted in Arsal on Saturday (August 01) when Syrian gunmen deployed across the region after the Lebanese Armed Forces arrested Syrian national Imad Ahmad Jomaa at a checkpoint.          

The army said 20 soldiers have been killed, with at least 30 other ISF and LAF soldiers missing and 86 injured in the fighting.         

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.

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