Nusra Front Returns Lebanese Soldiers in Swap

Al-Qaida-linked Nusra Front fighters released a group of 16 Lebanese soldiers Tuesday as part of an exchange brokered by Qatar. Militants from Nusra and the Islamic State group captured about 25 soldiers during an August 2014 attack on Arsal, a town in northeastern Lebanon near the Syrian border.  The militants killed 10 Lebanese soldiers during the attack and several others they captured in the raid. The fighting erupted when the militants were angered by the Lebanese detention...

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