REPORT: Relatives of Lebanese hostages in Aazaz stage a sit-in

                 
Relatives of Lebanese hostages in Syria’s Aazaz staged on Tuesday a demonstration in Downtown Beirut near the Turkish cultural center and the Turkish Airline offices.                    

Calm prevailed during the sit-in unlike the past few days.                    

Relatives of the hostages asserted that the sit-in is staged to prevent employees of the Turkish cultural center from entering their offices.                       

Eleven Lebanese pilgrims were kidnapped on their way back from Iran by insurgents hoping to use them for a prisoner swap on the 22nd of May. Only two have so far been released.                               

Their families have vowed to continue their movements until all their loved ones have returned home safe and sound.                  

They accuse Ankara of sponsoring the kidnapping and the Lebanese government of inaptness in this regard.                

Over the past two weeks they also held a major demonstrations in Martyrs Square before the Turkish Airline Offices whereby they announced that they would be calling for the boycott of all Turkish products in Lebanon since "Lebanon imports a billion dollars worth of products from Ankara on a yearly basis."


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