REPORT: Families of Arsal captives say Lebanese state met abductors’ demands

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REPORT: Families of Arsal captives say Lebanese state met abductors’ demands
Families of the kidnapped Lebanese troops said the Director General of General Security, Major General Abbas Ibrahim, informed them that the Lebanese state has met the abductors’ demands.
 
“Delays are being practiced by the other side,” the captives’ families quoted the official as saying on Tuesday, adding “Maj. Gen. Ibrahim has confirmed that our sons are alive”.
 
“A few impediments remain but will soon be resolved,” the families noted, saying “Ibrahim confirmed that no more killings will take place and negotiations are ongoing with Qatar and Turkey”.
 
A number of soldiers were taken hostage in August when militants from Syria took over the Lebanese border town of Arsal for five days before withdrawing toward the Syrian frontier, taking with them Lebanese soldiers and policemen as hostages. The clashes were the most dangerous spillover of violence from the civil war in neighboring Syria.
 
The clashes flared up when Syrian gunmen deployed across the region after the Lebanese Armed Forces arrested Imad Jomaa at a checkpoint. The detention of Imad Jomaa, the leader of the Fajr al-Islam Brigade, had caused security tension in the border town of Arsal, claiming the lives of 20 soldiers and leaving 86 others injured.
 
While the release of five men provided a degree of relief, concerns remain about the troops and policemen still in captivity since four of them have been killed despite ongoing negotiations with the Lebanese authorities to secure their release.
 
 
For more details, watch Nada Andraos' report in the video above

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