Lebanese troops freed by Syrian jihadists

Al-Qaeda’s Syrian affiliate has freed 16 Lebanese security personnel held captive for almost 16 months as part of a swap deal, officials say. The handover took place outside the north-eastern border town of Arsal, where the men had been seized. Earlier, al-Nusra Front handed over to officials the body of one of four security personnel […]

Al-Qaeda’s Syrian affiliate has freed 16 Lebanese security personnel held captive for almost 16 months as part of a swap deal, officials say.
The handover took place outside the north-eastern border town of Arsal, where the men had been seized.
Earlier, al-Nusra Front handed over to officials the body of one of four security personnel killed in captivity.
The release is part of a deal brokered by Qatar that saw the Lebanese authorities free 13 Islamist prisoners.
One of them was Saja al-Dulaimi, an ex-wife of so-called Islamic State (IS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and daughter of an al-Nusra Front member.