FSA asks Lebanon to release 5 detained opposition members

BEIRUT: The Free Syrian Army has asked the Lebanese Army commander to release five of its members who the opposition group said were fleeing ISIS and heading to Tripoli, north Lebanon, Assafir reported Saturday. 

The daily said it obtained a copy of a letter sent by the FSA to Gen. Jean Kahwagi on Nov. 27, asking the commander to refrain from treating the five men as refugees and hand them over to Syrian authorities or Hezbollah.

The FSA said the five belonged to the “Waado Brigades” and were detained on Nov. 16 in Chtaura, east Lebanon, when they were on their way to Tripoli. 

The group said the men, who they later named in the letter, were fleeing ISIS in Syria.

BEIRUT: The Free Syrian Army has asked the Lebanese Army commander to release five of its members who the opposition group said were fleeing ISIS and heading to Tripoli, north Lebanon, Assafir reported Saturday. 

The daily said it obtained a copy of a letter sent by the FSA to Gen. Jean Kahwagi on Nov. 27, asking the commander to refrain from treating the five men as refugees and hand them over to Syrian authorities or Hezbollah.

The FSA said the five belonged to the “Waado Brigades” and were detained on Nov. 16 in Chtaura, east Lebanon, when they were on their way to Tripoli. 

The group said the men, who they later named in the letter, were fleeing ISIS in Syria.