2 Arsal Residents Freed after Abduction in Town Outskirts
Two residents of the Arsal border town of Arsal were released on Sunday after a three-day kidnap ordeal, state-run National News Agency reported.
“Mohammed Ghadada and Abdul Rahim al-Atrash have been freed after they were abducted Friday along with their town’s son Ali Ezzeddine at the hands of an armed group operating in Arsal’s outskirts,” NNA said.
The agency did not elaborate any further.
On Friday, NNA said "gunmen attacked Abdul Rahim Abdul Radi al-Atrash as he was herding his flock on the Eastern Mountain Belt in the Arsal plains, and kidnapped him along with his flock.”
And as the town's residents attempted to save and free al-Atrash, the kidnappers held Ezzeddine and Ghadada, added the NNA.
In April, eight troops were wounded as armed clashes broke out between the Lebanese Army and gunmen in Arsal’s plains.
Ever since the Syrian revolt erupted in March 2011, Arsal has served as a key conduit for refugees, rebels and wounded people fleeing strife-torn Syria.
Y.R.
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