Al Qaeda, Lebanon swap deal successfully completed: Report
Published: 01 Dec 2015 - 01:20 pm | Last Updated: 05 Nov 2021 - 11:27 am
A Lebanese Red Cross ambulance carries the body of Mohammed Hammiya, a Lebanese soldier executed last year by Al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate Al-Nusra Front, after it was handed over to the authorities on December 1, 2015, in the village of Labweh in the Bekaa Valley. (AFP)
BEIRUT: A prisoner swap deal between the Nusra Front and the Lebanese authorities was successfully completed on Tuesday, after 16 Lebanese soldiers and policemen were released by the al Qaeda-linked group, a security source told Reuters.
