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| Col Harmoush admitted entry to Turkey by "Mistake" |
In case you missed it: " A top Syrian officer who defected from the army and fled to Turkey has turned up in Damascus, retracting key claims about the uprising in a TV interview. Lt Col Hussein al-Harmoush fled in June but disappeared from a Turkish refugee camp two weeks ago....
Syrian media said Col Harmoush was detained in Syria but activists have accused Turkey of handing him over."
Stay tuned, very soon you will hear about many countries seeking release of their "citizens" who entered Syria "by mistake"
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 Eleven of the 29 Iranian abductees have entered the Turkish province of Hatay and was confirmed to be freed, Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi told Al-Alam TV on Wednesday.The Iranians who were recently kidnapped by unknown gunmen in Syria were freed with the cooperation of friendly countries. The Iranian nationals are settled in Hatay’s gendarmerie headquarters, IRNA quoted an informed source as saying on Tuesday. The source added that the Iranian citizens will be handed over to the country’s officials sometime soon. Earlier this day, Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast told reporters at his weekly press conference in Tehran that a total number of 11 Iranian visitors have been freed with the cooperation of friendly countries. Mehmanparast censured the “wrongful” abductions of Iranian visitors by unidentified groups in Syria, adding that such abductions cannot bring legitimacy to any groups or individuals. One of the abductees told reporters that the kidnappers had threatened to throw a grenade at the bus carrying the Iranian visitors if they refrained from handing over their valuables. They also plundered the visitors’ money and other belongings, causing fear and horror among the travelers, according to Press TV. |
11 Kidnapped Iranians in Syria Freed with Friendly Countries Aid
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 Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast has announced on Tuesday that the eleven kidnapped Iranian visitors have been released censuring the “wrongful” abductions of the citizens by unidentified groups in Syria.Mehmanparast told reporters at his weekly press conference that a total number of 11 visitors have been freed through cooperation with friendly countries adding that the abductions of Iranian nationals cannot bring legitimacy to any groups or individuals. There are still another 11 visitors kidnapped in addition to seven engineers whose fate is still unknown. Iranians were visiting the holy Sayyidah Zaynab Mosque in southern Damascus. Such moves are aimed at disrupting security and peace in Syria, the Iranian spokesperson assured, adding that these efforts run counter to human principles and international regulations. The rebel Free Syrian Army last month claimed it was holding five Iranian military officers in Homs. It was not clear whether the five referred to were among the seven abducted engineers or were a separate group. |
Iran Rejects Claims of Interfering in Syria
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