Army Command Says DNA Results of Slain Servicemen Wednesday

The Army Command announced on Tuesday that the official DNA results conducted to determine whether nine bodies found near the eastern border belong to Lebanese troops abducted and killed by the Islamic State group will be released on Wednesday at 10:00 a.m.

Meanwhile, LBCI reported that DNA tests have matched samples of Abbas Medlej and Khodr Yahya.

Eight bodies had been recovered last Sunday while the body of a ninth soldier was located on Tuesday as part of a Hizbullah-led deal with IS. The jihadist group offered the information about the troops’ burial site in return for being allowed to withdraw to eastern Syria.

The servicemen were abducted when the army was battling the IS in the northeastern border town of Arsal in 2014.