Free Syrian Army Kidnaps Three Lebanese in the Bekaa
The Free Syrian Army kidnapped three Lebanese citizens in the Bekaa region, media outlets reported on Friday.
"FSA rebels entered Lebanese territories and kidnapped three members of the Ismael family in the Brital plains in eastern Baalbeck,” al-Jadeed television said, adding that a fourth person was injured during the operation.
The same source pointed out that financial reasons could have motivated the abduction.
Meanwhile, LBCI television said four members of the Ismael family were kidnapped by the FSA in the Brital plains.
Later on Friday, however, the state-run National News Agency said FSA members that are located on the western side of the Eastern Mountain Belt near Syria kidnapped two people who hail for the Ain al-Qarqouz town in the Brital plains.
"They transferred the abductees to Syria amid a heavy gunfire exchange,” it elaborated.
The NNA remarked that a third person, Ibrahim Hikmat Ismael, was injured during the incident and was able to escape.
"He headed towards Lebanese territories and reported the kidnapping of his brother Hasan Ismael and his brother-in-law Saleh Kurdieh who got injured in the foot."
In May 2012, members of the FSA abducted two Lebanese citizens and a Syrian national.
Khodr Hussein Jaafar, Ahmed Medlij, and Syrian Abdullah al-Zein were kidnapped for their alleged role in persecuting Syrian opposition members in Syria.
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