Detainees

Lebanon-Syria: Update on Missing Persons and Detainees

Soumia Benmerzoug, 11/09 13:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Damascus Syria Detainees Missing Bilateral

The two countries unveiled the creation of joint committees tasked with handling three key files: Lebanese citizens who went missing in Syria, Syrian prisoners currently held in Lebanon, and formal delineation of the common border. The announcement was made on September 1, 2025, during a visit to Beirut by a Syrian delegation composed of former ...

After 33 Years in Assad's Prison, a Lebanese from Chekka Returns Home

This is Beirut, 2024-12-09 20:02 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Lebanon Syria Detainees

With cheers, roses and music, Chekka, a small town in northern Lebanon, welcomed its liberated son Suhail al-Hamwi after 33 years of imprisonment in one of the monstrous Syrian prisons, in Latakia. “Thirty-three years... I paid a lot, my wife paid a lot, and my son, who was 10 months old when I was arrested, paid a lot too,” Hamwi said ...

Mikati: To Tighten Border Security with Syria, Follow up Lebanese Detainees' File

This is Beirut, 2024-12-08 14:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Lebanese Army Mikati Lebanon Syria Detainees

Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati stressed on Sunday the urgent need to tighten control on the border with Syria and follow up on the issue of Lebanese citizens believed to have been detained in Syrian prisons. "There is a need to tighten border controls and protect Lebanon from the repercussions of developments in Syria," Mikati said in a ...

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