Lebanon receives 3 more bodies of militants killed in Syria

Lebanon on Saturday received from the Syrian authorities three more bodies of Islamist militants killed in an ambush by Syrian government troops in Tall Kalakh last month, in the third and last round of transfer of corpses from Syria, National News Agency (NNA) reported. The bodies were transferred from Syria through the Arida border with northern Lebanon, the report said, adding that the corpses were delivered to their families for funeral at al-Taqwa mosque in the northern city of Tripoli. Last Sunday, the bodies of four fighters, including a Palestinian, were transferred to Lebanon. Two weeks ago, the corpses of three Salafists were delivered to their relatives. According to the spokesman of the victims' families, the Syrian authorities only hand over the bodies of people who have been identified after DNA tests.