Lebanon

The Al Nusrah Front in Lebanon claimed that Shiite members of the Lebanese Army are fighting in Syria alongside regime forces. The head of General Security said negotiations have resulted in a deal to free 13 Syrian nuns kidnapped last year by rebels. The nuns will be handed over in Arsal and then taken to Damascus. The negotiations, in which Qatar participated, linked the nuns’ release to the freeing of some 153 detainees from regime prisons.

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