Syria released on Thursday a Lebanese Salafist who had been seized in an ambush by Syrian troops in the town of Tal Kalakh near the border with Lebanon last year

Syria released on Thursday a Lebanese Salafist who had been seized in an ambush by Syrian troops in the town of Tal Kalakh near the border with Lebanon last year.

Hassan Srour was handed to Lebanon's General Security, which said in a communique that his release came as a result of contacts between the department's chief Maj. Gen. Abbas Ibrahim and Syrian authorities.

Syrian authorities handed over to Lebanon in several rounds in December several bodies of the Salafists killed in the ambush, including a Palestinian. Also among them was the body of Hussein Srour, Hassan's brother.