Captive Soldier's Wife Meets Nusra, Manages to 'Postpone Execution'

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The wife of captive soldier Ali al-Bazzal announced Monday that she was able to meet his kidnappers who belong to al-Nusra Front and that she received a list of their demands.

The meeting took place in the outskirts of the Bekaa border town of Arsal, according to media reports.

“For the sake of his safety, I will not be able to reveal the identity of those who accompanied me to meet with al-Nusra Front,” the wife told MTV.

“I was not able to meet my husband and they said he is present in another region,” she added.

The wife said al-Nusra accepted to “postpone his execution for a week, pending indications that the negotiations will be resumed.”

The group is demanding “a humanitarian corridor, an end to the persecution of Syrians and the release of all detainees who were arrested after the Arsal battles,” the woman added.

“They did not demand Hizbullah's withdrawal from Syria nor the release of prisoners from Roumieh” prison, she noted.

This is not the first time that al-Nusra meets relatives of captive troops. On September 9, abducted soldier George Khoury was able to see his family in Arsal's outskirts after a mediation by Islamist cleric Mustafa al-Hujeiri, aka Abou Taqiyeh.

According to media reports, al-Nusra has 18 troops and policemen in its custody. The security personnel were abducted during deadly clashes with the Lebanese army in and around Arsal in early August, which the extremist Islamic State group also took part in.

The IS has beheaded two captive soldiers, Ali al-Sayyed and Abbas Medlej, while al-Nusra has shot dead the soldier Mohammed Hamiyeh.

Bazzal himself appeared Saturday in a video of Hamiyeh's execution which was released by al-Nusra. He appealed to his family to act before he also gets executed at the hands of the group.

Both extremist groups have warned that more captives will be executed if the Lebanese authorities do not meet their demands.

Al-Akhbar newspaper reported on Monday that al-Nusra is holding the captives at a two-story house on Arsal's outskirts. The house lies near the so-called al-Nour encampment for Syrian refugees, the daily said.

The report came a day after al-Mustaqbal newspaper said that the soldiers and members of the Internal Security Forces abducted by the IS are being held in a cave in Wadi al-Rahwa while the ones taken captive by al-Nusra are present in Wadi Mira.

"The negotiations are ongoing" to secure the release of the captives, Prime Minister Tammam Salam told reporters earlier on Monday before traveling to New York.

He revealed that he will meet with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to ask for a bigger Turkish role in securing the release of the security personnel.

Turkey has recently managed to secure the release of 46 Turkish hostages who had been kidnapped by IS militants in Iraq.

Y.R.

Comments 19
Default-user-icon + oua nabka + (Guest) 22 September 2014, 21:35

never trade with terrorists and filth treat them the only way they understand the sword ie kill them all

Thumb LebaneseArmySupporter 22 September 2014, 21:36

Not a bad idea. You can also trade Geagea Jumblat and the rest. Now STFU terrorist

Thumb ice-man 22 September 2014, 23:12

Do you really support the army or just joking?

Thumb Mystic 22 September 2014, 23:41

Ice-Queen, you really a man?

Thumb Tony.Farris 23 September 2014, 00:02

Mystic, Don't quit your day job or you'll have more people wanting to punch you in the nuts.

Thumb Mystic 23 September 2014, 00:21

Said the American fruitcake. I guess you like to touch other peoples nuts.

Thumb liberty 23 September 2014, 05:58

Mystic is a Syrian LebaneseArmySupporter with full disclosure and many other things

Thumb _mowaten_ 23 September 2014, 10:39

terrorist, tony.farris and ice-boy i'd happily trade you guys for the soldiers. since you're giving lessons of patriotism, i'm sure you will not object.
kindly let me know when we can organize the swap at your earliest convenience.

Thumb ice-man 22 September 2014, 23:10

:)

Thumb ice-man 22 September 2014, 23:12

hello leb_roar: How are you today? How is job hunting going for you? Any luck? I care....

Thumb Tony.Farris 22 September 2014, 23:33

ASSad_roar decided to change his nick to Nostradamus, and he's taking on knitting. LMAO

Thumb liberty 23 September 2014, 05:57

He is employed to post on naharnet and to entertain people with his senseless so called jokes.

Thumb _mowaten_ 23 September 2014, 10:38

calling nusra and da3esh "rebels" and not "terrorists" says it all.

Missing un520 23 September 2014, 11:00

Calling Hizbollah resistance and not terrorists says it all...We could have discussed it if only it happened against Israelis who entered Lebanon, but when it happens to politicians in Beirut, tourists in Bulgaria and civilians elsewhere...there is no other words for it than terrorists. Sorry.

Thumb galaxy 23 September 2014, 11:25

HA is the number one terror group.

Thumb _mowaten_ 23 September 2014, 13:34

un520: thanks for the hasbara news flash, had been at least 30 minutes since he had the same old israeli version repeated to me.

Thumb _mowaten_ 23 September 2014, 13:35

since I* had

Missing un520 23 September 2014, 16:51

Regarding the proof: When you get it slapped in your face, you call it fabricated. You will deny it till your death. It all started with suicide-terror back in 1983 and hopefully it will end by suicide when arms of justice circle them in.

Thumb _mowaten_ 23 September 2014, 17:33

hahaha well i've been wiating for that slap in the face for years, but you goons always run away when asked to provide it so i'd pretty safe on that front.