SNC Official Related to Kidnapping Lebanese
"Al-Akhbar" Lebanese daily unveiled Thursday that a group called "Ahrar al-Atareb (Free of al-Atareb) [al-Atareb: region in Aleppo district] deployed in the rural part of Aleppo is responsible for kidnapping the 11 Lebanese pilgrims.
The group kidnapped the Lebanese as soon as they crossed the Turkish borders on their way back to Lebanon.
"The group handed the hostages to another Salafist extremist group," the paper added and revealed that "one of the members of the so-called "Syrian National Council" (SNC) is directly related to the group of kidnappers.
According to the daily, the council member lives in Turkey, and his armed groups estimated by 400 fighters control the Syrian border area adjacent to Turkey.
"The head of the SNC and a large number of its members know about the involvement of this member who lives in Turkey and receives informal support from Qatar and Saudi Arabia," "al-Akhbar" reported.
It also mentioned that "the armed groups of this SNC official contain a mix of outlaws and Salafists, including a number of Libyans and Algerians."
Source: al-akhbar, Translated and Edited by moqawama.org
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