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| Syrian Alawites kidnapped in North Leb |
| 2013-04-02 |
| [ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Unknown attackers kidnapped at least eight members of Syria's Alawite community on Monday after they crossed into Leb by bus, a security official said. The assailants seized the group "shortly after their bus crossed the Syrian-Lebanese border via the Jisr Aqmar crossing into the Wadi Khaled area of north Leb," the official told AFP on condition of anonymity. "Women and children were among the group," the official added, without giving any further details. Two years into a spiralling war in neighboring Syria, sectarian tensions have flared up in Leb. Frequent sectarian festivities have raged in the flashpoint city of Tripoli ...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn... in northern Leb, where Alawite fighters have battled armed members of the Sunni community. Last week, a wave of tit-for-tat kidnappings hit eastern Leb, pitting Shiites against Sunnis. Damascus ...The place where Pencilneck hangs his brass hat... dominated Leb militarily and politically for nearly 30 years until 2005, when Syrian forces withdrew from the country under international pressure. The country's Sunni-led March 14 political movement supports Syria's rebels, while the powerful Shiite movement Hezbollah and its allies back Syrian Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad Light of the Alawites... , an Alawite whose faith is an offshoot of Shiite Islam. |
| Posted by:Fred |