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Kidnappers release Saudi national Ali al-Basharawi held in Lebanon
2017-11-16
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Saudi Press Agency representative Jamal al-Saheli said that a kidnapped Saudi national held in Leb has been released.

Ali al-Basharawi was handed over to the Lebanese army intelligence after two cars brought him to al-Sayyid Ali deserted area.

The Saudi Embassy in Leb has been working with security authorities at the highest level to release the kidnapped citizen.

The kidnapped Saudi citizen originally hails from Dammam in the Eastern Province of Soddy Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face...
A Lebanese security source said that his wife contacted the security forces last Thursday and reported the disappearance of her husband.

Lebanese media sources said that the family of the Saudi national received a call demanding $1 mln to release him.
An Nahar adds:
Saudi citizen Ali al-Bashrawi turned himself in to a Lebanese Army checkpoint in the Hermel area of Jisr Hawsh al-Sayyed Ali, an army statement said.

LBCI television reported Bashrawi, 34, “belongs to the Shiite sect and is married to a Syrian woman.”

“He called his wife on Friday, saying that the captors are demanding $1.5 million in return for goods that he had bought from them,” LBCI added.

Quoting probe sources, the TV network said the case was likely linked to drug trade.
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