The National Society for Human Rights has urged the Saudi Embassy in Damascus and the Syrian Embassy in Riyadh for assistance in locating a number of Saudis who are missing in Syria. Dr. Mufleh Al-Qahtani, chairman of the monitoring and follow-up committee, said the society had urged both embassies to ascertain whether the media reports concerning the disappearance and arrest of Saudis in Syria were true. There have been unconfirmed reports that some gangs involved in human trafficking are handing Saudis over to American forces in Iraq after smuggling them out of Syria for $10,000 per person.Dr. Saleh Al-Kathlan, deputy chairman of the committee, said he had not ruled out the possibility that the Saudis who had disappeared might have been kidnapped by gangs who were selling them to American forces. âAnother possibility is that they might have been kidnapped by the gangs who kept them as hostages in order to make money,â he pointed out.
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