️🇱🇧🇸🇾 Al-Akhbar: According to reports, masked men attempted to kidnap a former Syrian military official, identified as Abu Ali Kazaq, from his home in the town of Balat, near Byblos, Lebanon, shortly after midnight on Sunday.
Two vehicles with tinted windows arrived at the apartment building and several masked men tried to force their way into the apartment on the fourth floor. Kazak was reportedly inside with his son and working. The tenants raised the alarm from the balconies, causing the group to flee.
The report comes against the background of a series of kidnappings in Lebanon against people associated with the former Syrian government, when according to reports some of them were transferred to Syria.