The Lebanese branch of the Al Nusrah Front said it has handed over five kidnapped Lebanese troops who belong to the Sunni sect, as the group’s fight “is not against the Sunnis.” Authorities arrested six Syrians and eight Lebanese in Zahle who are suspected of forging documents for terrorist groups, and confiscated official seals for 150 Lebanese offices as well as for officials and airport officers in Libya, UAE, Morocco, Jordan, Syria, and Palestine. Kidnappers who abducted a Kuwaiti man from a Baalbek hotel are asking $1 million for his release. Syrian aircraft bombed militant targets along Lebanon’s western border area. Justice Minister Rifi said three boys who burned the Islamic State flag should be prosecuted.
