Over ten Lebanese truck drivers were detained at Naseeb crossing between Syria and Jordan by armed militants controlling said crossing, NNA reported on Friday.

Over ten Lebanese truck drivers were detained at Naseeb crossing between Syria and Jordan by armed militants controlling said crossing, NNA reported on Friday.

A number of other drivers fled the area which was under heavy shelling.

At least 30 Lebanese truck drivers are stranded on the Syrian-Jordanian border after rebels seized the Syrian side, prompting Amman to close a frontier crossing, a union said Friday.

"Between 30 and 35 Lebanese drivers and their trucks and refrigerated vehicles have been trapped in the free zone on the Jordanian-Syrian border since Wednesday," Omar Al-Ali, head of the Lebanese refrigerated truck union, told AFP.

Ali said the drivers were trying to cross from Syria into Jordan, but were stranded after Amman closed the crossing.

A Lebanese government source said contacts were underway with Amman to "facilitate the entry of the drivers."