The Lebanese army freed on Tuesday (September 11th) four Syrians kidnapped by the al-Meqdad clan in August, Lebanon's Daily Star reported.

The fate of the Turkish businessman abducted by the same clan remains unknown.

In a statement, the army said it freed the kidnapped Syrians after raiding a location in Hay al-Sellum "following surveillance and investigations".

Security forces arrested two people suspected of involvement in the kidnappings in the same area, the Daily Star said, as well as several other suspects in the neighbourhood of Haret Hreik.