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A senior Lebanese security official who requested anonymity confirmed to Al-Monitor that negotiations between Lebanese authorities and the al-Qaeda-affiliated Jabhat al-Nusra concerning Lebanese army prisoners held by al-Nusra since Aug. 2, 2014, have concluded. According to the official, this does not mean that implementation of the agreement would occur anytime soon or that a date for implementation has been set.
The prisoners were taken hostage by armed terrorists in the aftermath of a clash between the Lebanese army and armed groups in the vicinity of Lebanon’s desolate lands of Arsal, situated in central Bekaa in eastern Lebanon, adjacent to the Lebanese-Syrian border.
