Aljazeera.com | Gunmen kidnap 2 Turkish Airlines pilots in Lebanon USA TODAY The abductions appeared linked to neighboring Syria's civil war, a conflict that has sparked repeated bouts of fighting in Lebanon between sectarian communities as well as a spate of tit-for-tat kidnappings over the past two years. Friday's attack ... Turkish pilots abducted in Lebanon Turkish pilots kidnapped in Lebanon Kidnapping of Turkish pilots in Lebanon linked to Turkish support for Syrian ... |
Aljazeera.com | Conspiracy Theories: the One Thing Everyone in Lebanon Has in Common The Atlantic Lebanon, a country rife with long-simmering sectarian tension, has recently begun to show signs of instability, escalated by conflict across the border in Syria. A heavily armed, Iranian-backed Hezbollah has attracted much condemnation for its military ... Israeli soldiers wounded in Lebanon incursion MIDEAST > Lebanon blasts on Israel border were 'Hezbollah trap' Lebanese army: Israeli soldiers wounded in Lebanon |
Gunmen abduct 2 Turkish Airlines crew in Lebanon Fox News Lebanon's state news agency said a group called Zuwaar al-Imam Rida claimed responsibility for the kidnapping. The previously unknown group said in a statement that the pilots "will only be released when the Lebanese hostages in Syria return ... |
ABC News | Gunmen Abduct 2 Turkish Airlines Pilots in Lebanon ABC News The abductions appeared linked to neighboring Syria's civil war, a conflict that has sparked repeated bouts of fighting in Lebanon between sectarian communities as well as a spate of tit-for-tat kidnappings over the past two years. Friday's attack ... |
Gunmen kidnap Turkish airline pilots in Lebanon CNN (CNN) -- Gunmen stopped a bus near Beirut, Lebanon, in the early hours of Friday, boarded it and kidnapped two Turkish pilots, Turkey's foreign ministry said. The pilots work for Turkish Airlines. They were riding the bus from Rafic Hariri ... |
Turkish Airlines pilot, colleague abducted by gunmen in Lebanon Jerusalem Post Two Turkish nationals were briefly abducted in Lebanon in August and September last year, following the capture of the Lebanese Shi'ites in Aleppo province in Syria and the separate detention of a Lebanese national in Damascus by rebels. Send; Large ... |
Turkish Airlines Crew Kidnapped In Lebanon's Capital Huffington Post Lebanese army soldiers stand while black smoke rises from a burning house that was attacked during clashes that erupted between followers of a radical Sunni cleric Sheik Ahmad al-Assir and Shiite gunmen in Sidon, Lebanon, Monday, June 24, 2013. |
Turks urged to quit Lebanon after kidnap of pilots The Daily Star Turkish interests in Lebanon have come under threat over the case of the Lebanese hostages. Families of the kidnapped have held several rounds of protests outside the offices of Turkish Airlines in the Lebanese capital and the Turkish Embassy, holding ... |
Two Turkish pilots abducted in Lebanon, says minister The Malay Mail Online BEIRUT, August 9 — Gunmen kidnapped two Turkish Airlines pilots on Beirut's airport road on Friday, Lebanon's interior minister said, in an apparent bid to secure the release of Lebanese pilgrims held in Syria. The pre-dawn abduction prompted Turkey ... |
Turkish Airlines pilots kidnapped by gunmen in Lebanon South China Morning Post Gunmen kidnapped two pilots working for Turkish Airlines early on Friday on Beirut's airport road, Lebanon's Interior Minister Marwan Charbel said on Friday. The kidnap is believed to be linked to the abduction of nine Lebanese pilgrims in Syria, whose ... |