Lebanese Army Seeking to Reveal Fate of Lebanese Men Reportedly Killed in Tall Kalakh
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The Lebanese Army is holding contacts with Syrian authorities to reveal the fate of around 25 men from northern Lebanon after reports emerged that they were killed as they tried to enter the Syrian town of Tall Kalakh, near the Lebanese border, An Nahar daily reported Sunday.
Several youth from al-Mankoubeen area in the northern city of Tripoli have erected tents near al-Nour mosque in protest and warned they would take escalatory measures if the Lebanese authorities brought no new information about their fate.
The protesters hinted they would block the international highway in al-Baddawi area on Monday.
Students from the Lebanese University's Faculty of Sciences also called for a strike after news broke out that one of the students was among the 25 men who allegedly died in Tall Kalakh.
But An Nahar received information that only four of them were killed and three were captured by Syrian regime forces.
As for the rest of them, they sought refuge with the rebel Free Syrian Army, the newspaper said.
Al-Mustaqbal parliamentary bloc MP Khaled al-Daher confirmed on Saturday that four of the Lebanese were killed but said two others were arrested. “The rest either escaped or are missing,” he added.
He described the youth, some of them only 18-year-olds, as “enthusiastic,” who wanted to head to Syria to help the rebels in their fight against President Bashar Assad's forces.
The Lebanese army has deployed heavily along the aptly named Syria Street dividing the districts of Bab al-Tabbaneh and Jabal Mohsen in Tripoli, whose traditional rivalry has sharpened over the uprising in Syria.
02 December 2012, 10:22
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You are correct Mansour ,what about our missing people in the Syrian Jails.
02 December 2012, 13:03
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These Lebanese Islamist Salafist Terrorists should be left to rot! If they are still alive, they should be hung by their halal beards. Just Disgraceful. Their Imams and leaders should be shot between the eyes as this is what they have bread.
02 December 2012, 13:08
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Ento ya shabab mgaltin ktir ktir lek eza ejo men lmarrilh tayti7o bi lmejrem bashar lezem nze3edon lianno bashar marad mozmen 3al manta2a kolla ezelto wejeb w3o barki bashar atellon ahlon aw ma attalo fina 150000 shahid minsabbab aw min attal mo3zamon msh hafez wanizamo bashar saket hatman wakolla man sharaka bi eskatihi howa men ashraf nas
02 December 2012, 13:42
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information to annahar newspaper say: the group is 25, after their trap with assad army... 3 were caught,4 were killed, and the rest reached the FSA...and the hizballah guys are trying through the... to free the shia detainees in exchange of the caught...waiting for another information?????????
02 December 2012, 14:29
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It makes me so sad how much the hate has grown in the hearts of all lebanese."stop hating" disagree ok,but dont hate anymore.
02 December 2012, 14:29
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we have to show some respect for who sacrifices his life for others to live.
02 December 2012, 14:35
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Who cares about those fighting in Syria. No matter if they belong to Hizbullah or some Salafi scum. Hopefully they won't come back because we don't need such people in Lebanon.
02 December 2012, 19:03
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The families of these young people should go and protest in front of the house of Mr. Hariri, Okab, and Kkaled. after all they are the ones who are encoraging them to go fight in Syria.
