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LEBANESE, SYRIANS KIDNAPPED IN RETALIATORY ABDUCTIONS AT SYRIA BORDER
PanARMENIAN.Net
June 11, 2012 - 17:26 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - At least seven Lebanese and Syrian citizens have
been kidnapped in northern Lebanon near the border with Syria, the
first such reported abductions fuelled by tensions over the uprising
in Syria that have spilled into its small neighbor, Reuters reported.
Residents said on Monday, June 11 the abductions started on Saturday
when a hardline Sunni Lebanese supporter of the Syrian revolt against
President Bashar al-Assad was kidnapped by Lebanese Alawites.
A string of tit-for-tat abductions along sectarian lines followed
over the weekend, they said.
The kidnappings reflect rising antagonism in Syria between Sunni
Muslims, most of whom support the uprising against Assad, and Alawites
who mostly back the president, a fellow member of their minority
Shi'ite offshoot.
Lebanon's northern frontier is also home to both sects, whose loyalties
often extend over the border.
Growing suspicions and hostilities between northern Lebanon's Sunni
majority and Alawite minority have lead to bouts of fighting in the
port city of Tripoli. Dozens have been killed and tensions are still
high in the area.
PanARMENIAN.Net
June 11, 2012 - 17:26 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - At least seven Lebanese and Syrian citizens have
been kidnapped in northern Lebanon near the border with Syria, the
first such reported abductions fuelled by tensions over the uprising
in Syria that have spilled into its small neighbor, Reuters reported.
Residents said on Monday, June 11 the abductions started on Saturday
when a hardline Sunni Lebanese supporter of the Syrian revolt against
President Bashar al-Assad was kidnapped by Lebanese Alawites.
A string of tit-for-tat abductions along sectarian lines followed
over the weekend, they said.
The kidnappings reflect rising antagonism in Syria between Sunni
Muslims, most of whom support the uprising against Assad, and Alawites
who mostly back the president, a fellow member of their minority
Shi'ite offshoot.
Lebanon's northern frontier is also home to both sects, whose loyalties
often extend over the border.
Growing suspicions and hostilities between northern Lebanon's Sunni
majority and Alawite minority have lead to bouts of fighting in the
port city of Tripoli. Dozens have been killed and tensions are still
high in the area.