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| 2 Arsal Residents Freed after Abduction in Town Outskirts |
| 2014-05-19 |
| [AnNahar] 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 kidnapped Friday along with their town's son Ali Ezzeddine at the hands of an gang operating in Arsal's outskirts," NNA said. The agency did not elaborate any further. On Friday, NNA said "gunnies 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 maimed as armed festivities broke out between the Lebanese Army and gunnies in Arsal's plains. Ever since the Syrian revolt erupted in March 2011, Arsal has served as a key conduit for refugees, rebels and maimed people fleeing strife-torn Syria. |
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