Zuwwar al-Imam Rida abducted two Turkish Airline pilots near the Beirut Airport, saying the kidnapping was in retaliation for the seizure of nine Lebanese Shia pilgrims in Syria. The nine Lebanese Shia pilgrims went missing in Aleppo province in northern Syria in May 2012 as they returned from a pilgrimage in Iran. The Northern Storm brigade, a Syrian opposition group operating near the Turkish border, said it had carried out that abduction.VideoVideo: 2013Turkish Pilots KIDNAPPED By Gunmen In Beirut Pilots Abducted Destination Unknown. Our correspondent says the brazen kidnapping took place just outside the airport, a few metres away from an army checkpoint. This indicates a high level of planning, she says - especially given that the attackers knew the Turkish Airlines crew would be on board. Lebanese officials said that the abduction happened at 03:00 local time (00:00 GMT), on a bus carrying several members of a Turkish Airlines crew going from the airport…
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