Group Holding Lebanese Shiites Demands Syrian Prisoners’ Release
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The Syrian rebel group holding nine Lebanese men said it will not free them unless the government of President Bashar al-Assad releases 127 female prisoners.
The Shiite Muslim Lebanese, kidnapped last year by the rebel Northern Storm Brigade, have become part of a bigger web of hostage-takings on the margins of the Syrian civil war. A Lebanese Shiite group abducted two Turkish Airlines pilots in Beirut last week as bargaining chips to try to secure their release.