One of Lebanese Hostages Freed

Local Editor

Al-Jazeera TV broadcasted Saturday that "the kidnappers of the 11 Lebanese hostages in Syria freed one of them, Hussein Ali Omar."

According to the channel, the kidnappers' move came after the mediation of Ulemas.

For its part, MTV channel reported that Omar (1952-Baalbek- Ain Sawda) has arrived to the Turkish authorities. Meanwhile, General Security chief Abbas Ibrahim assured Omar's family that the media reports are correct.

In parallel, Interior minister Marwan charbel confirmed to LBCI that positive signals were received on the soon expected release of the remained ten abductees.

A member of the Association of Muslim Scholars, Sheikh Nabil Rahim, told LBCI that he expected the other 10 to be released soon.

For its part, the National News agency revealed that Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati has been notified by Turkish Foreign Minister, Ahmet Davutoglu, about the release of the Lebanese Hussein Ali Omar.

Davutoglu said that Omar is on route to Beirut on board a special chartered Turkish plane.

The initial welcoming reaction of PM thanked the Turkish government in its effort to secure the release of the Lebanese national in the hope that further Turkish efforts obtain the release of the rest of the hostages.

The abductees were kidnapped in Northern Syria nearly 3 months ago in Aleppo district near the Turkish borders.

Source: al-Intiqad, Translated and Edited by moqawama.org