Woman Returns Home after Tripoli Kidnap Ordeal

A woman, who was abducted in the northern city of Tripoli, was released on Saturday in unknown circumstances.

State-run National News Agency reported that 43-year-old Sawsan Abdul Haq, who hails from the town of Hayzouq in the northern region of Akkar and been kidnapped on Friday while en route to Tripoli, was transferred to the Internal Security Forces Intelligence Bureau in the northern city.

Abdul Haq was on her way to the al-Rahma Dispensary in the neighborhood of Bab al-Tabbaneh in Tripoli when she was kidnnaped by unknown assailants.

The abductors have reportedly demanded a ransom in exchange for her release, however, it wasn't clear if any money was paid.

The incident comes following a security plan that kicked off on Tuesday the security plan in Tripoli, seizing arms depots and detaining wanted suspects, who are involved in security chaos in the area, in an attempt to restore calm in the city.

Tripoli witnesses frequent gunbattles between two of the impoverished neighborhoods of Bab al-Tabbaneh, which is dominated by Sunnis who support Syrian rebels, and Jabal Mohsen, which is dominated by Alawites, who share the same sect as Syrian President Bashar Assad.

H. K.