More than a dozen Lebanese truck drivers trapped for almost two weeks in a Syria-Jordan border crossing after it was seized by al-Nusra Front terrorist group have returned home, Lebanese authorities said Monday.

More than a dozen Lebanese truck drivers trapped for almost two weeks in a Syria-Jordan border crossing after it was seized by al-Nusra Front terrorist group have returned home, Lebanese authorities said Monday.

Around thirty drivers had become stuck at the Nasib crossing as they tried to cross from Syria to Jordan when it was seized by the terrorists on April 1.

Jordan closed the border crossing after it was overrun, but agreed to open it to allow the trapped drivers through after Lebanese government contacts.

Just one of the drivers now remains in the crossing, Lebanese Agriculture Minister Akram Shehayeb said as he greeted eight returning drivers at Beirut airport.

"From a humanitarian point of view, the file is now closed," he told the media, without specifying what would happen to the driver still in Nasib.

Several drivers have already returned to Lebanon, while others remain in Jordan or the Gulf, waiting for their trucks to cross the border.

Al-Nusra Front had seized control of the border post and parts of the duty-free zone between the Syrian and Jordanian crossings.

When Jordan closed its side of the crossing, the truck drivers were unable to return into Syria or cross the border.

One of the drivers returning to Beirut on Monday said the men were held by Al-Nusra terrorists for eight days.