REPORT: Maj. Gen. Ibrahim: General Security is the most credible mediator in case of Arsal hostages

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REPORT: Maj. Gen. Ibrahim: General Security is the most credible mediator in case of Arsal hostages
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REPORT: Maj. Gen. Ibrahim: General Security is the most credible mediator in case of Arsal hostages
The Director General of General Security Maj. Gen. Abbas Ibrahim stressed Friday that the negotiations conducted in the case of the abducted soldiers is following the right course.
 
In a speech he delivered at Notre Dame University, he said “the General Directorate of General Security is the most credible negotiator in said case.
 
The military men were taken hostage in August 2014 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, as several were executed by the terrorist groups to exert pressure on the Lebanese authorities to meet their demands.
 
The abductors are demanding the release of Islamist detainees in Lebanese prisons in exchange for the release of the hostages.
 
Negotiations have been ongoing, with the help of a mediator in order to reach common terms to release the hostages, but no results have been reached so far.
 
 
For more details, watch Yazbek Wehbe's report in the video above

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