Lebanese Killed in Syria, Another Abducted near Douma

A Lebanese man has been killed in Syria while another has been abducted since 11 days in two separate incidents, LBCI television reported on Wednesday.

“Lebanese citizen Shamel Shammout was killed by gunfire in the Syrian area of Jdeidet Artouz and his body was transported to Lebanon,” LBCI said.

The TV network also reported that “Lebanese citizen Mahmoud Mohammed Faqih, 72, was abducted 11 days ago in the Syrian area of Otaya near (the Damascus suburb of) Douma.”

“His family has been negotiating his release with a group calling itself Liwa al-Islam,” LBCI added.

Liwa al-Islam had claimed responsibility for the bomb attack on the National Security headquarters in Damascus that killed Defense Minister Daoud Rajha, President Bashar Assad's brother-in-law Assef Shawkat, head of Syria's crisis cell General Hassan Turkmani and National Security chief General Hisham Ikhtiyar.