28-11-2024 04:01 PM Jerusalem Timing

Kins of Abducted Pilgrims Block Airport Highway

Kins of Abducted Pilgrims Block Airport Highway

The kins of the 11 Lebanese pilgrims that were abducted in Syria last month staged a sit-in and blocked the road leading to Beirut International Airport.

Kins of the abducted pilgrims block the highway leading to Beirut International AirportThe kins of the 11 Lebanese pilgrims that were abducted in Syria last month staged a sit-in and blocked the road leading to Beirut International Airport, the National News Agency (NNA) reported on Monday.

The report said the protesters called for stepping up the efforts in order to resolve the issue of their abducted relatives.
Some protesters later blocked the road in both directions with burning tires, according to the NNA.

The families blamed the government for the failure to release the kidnapped citizens, threatening to keep the road blocked indefinitely.

Local media outlets television later reported that the airport road leading to Beirut has been reopened.

This is the third time that the airport road has been blocked over the case of the kidnapped pilgrims.

On Friday, a delegation from the families had held talks with President Michel Suleiman demanding the release of the pilgrims.

Eleven Lebanese pilgrims were abducted in Syria’s Aleppo while returning from Iran. Later in May, a previously unknown armed group calling itself the "Syrian Revolutionaries—Aleppo Province" said that it was holding the group, while the Free Syrian Army had repeatedly denied its involvement in the abduction.