AMMAN (Reuters) - Syria's political opposition in exile, the Syrian National Council, called on rebels in Syria on Wednesday to help secure the release of 13 Lebanese Shi'ite pilgrims abducted near the north Syrian city of Aleppo. The 13 were among dozens of Shi'ite pilgrims on a bus that was stopped by armed rebels as it crossed the border from Turkey to Syria on Tuesday on the way back from Iran, families of the abducted men said. ... Czytaj więcej »
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian rebels kidnapped 13 Lebanese Shi'ites in the northern province of Aleppo on Tuesday as they returned home from a pilgrimage, triggering protests in Beirut in the latest unrest to spill over from Syria's 14-month-old uprising. The abductions follow street fighting in the Lebanese capital sparked by the killing of a Lebanese Sunni Muslim cleric opposed to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad - the worst clashes in Beirut since 2008 sectarian fighting that brought back memories of Lebanon's 15-year civil war. ... Czytaj więcej »
(Reuters) - Syrian forces launched raids with tanks and other armored vehicles on Tuesday in an area of northern Aleppo province near the place where Lebanese Shi'ite pilgrims were kidnapped earlier, an opposition group said. The British-based group's head, Rami Abdulrahman, said people in the town of Azaz in Aleppo province had told him Syrian forces were combing some of the districts. (Reporting by Mariam Karouny; Editing by Michael Roddy) Czytaj więcej »
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BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian rebels kidnapped at least 13 Lebanese Shi'ite men on Tuesday in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo as they were returning home from a pilgrimage in Iran, families of the men said. Families took to the streets of the southern Beirut suburb where most of the kidnapped men live, blocking several roads. The families said a bus loaded with Shi'ite pilgrims was stopped by the Free Syrian Army as it crossed the Turkish border to Syria on the way back from Iran. "The Free Syrian Army said they took them. They let women go and kept the men. ... Czytaj więcej »
Syrian opposition urges release of abducted Lebanese
23.05.2012 9:06 
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