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Syrian with possible link to regime army kidnapped
Date of incident:
June 16, 2017
Death toll:
0persons
Number of Injured:
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved:
Syrian Civilians/Refugees
Internal Security Forces (ISF)
A Syrian agricultural worker in east Lebanon was kidnapped a security source told The Daily Star. Hasan Hannoush was kidnapped by an unknown group of armed men in Fakiha, in the Bekaa region, where he worked on land owned by the Khoury family.
Local media reports have alleged that Hannoush was a defected lieutenant colonel from the Syrian army, although a security source told The Daily Star that Lebanese authorities could not validate these claims.
“There is talk that he defected [from the Syrian army], but this is not confirmed, not by Lebanese security sources including the Internal Security Forces,” the source said, adding that no further information could be disclosed and the investigation was ongoing.
Primary category:
Hostage Taking Situation [inc. attempt, release]
Classification of conflict (primary):
Border conflicts (Syrian border)
Violations, disputes and/or conflicts arising between rival armed groups along the Lebanese/Syrian borders which involve parties or militant groups from the Lebanese and Syrian side in both Lebanon and Syria. These conflicts also encompass transnational groups (such as faith-based regional groups, e.g. ISIS, al-Nusra Front) that cannot be considered as strictly Syrian, Lebanese or of any other national entity.
Classification of conflict(secondary):
Individual acts of violence
Violent incidents which do not have a specific or a known political agenda but are caused by the general proliferation of weapons, of trained and untrained soldiers or militants, by the general inefficiency of the Justice system, and past-traditions and histories of violence within society.
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