Beirut - Xinhua
Three Syrians were kidnapped overnight by armed men in unlicensed cars in Lebanon\'s capital of Beirut, Lebanese English-language newspaper the Daily Star reported Friday.
Idriss al-Sahn, the brother of two of the kidnapped, told the daily that his brothers Yassin and Mustafa, along with their friend, Issa al-Saleh, were kidnapped Thursday evening by armed members who belong to a local party.
Yassin, 24, is a construction worker, and Mustafa, 26, an employee at a printing press, according to the report.
Idriss immediately informed the Internal Security Forces and the Lebanese Army about the kidnapping.
\"We come from Al-Hasakah district in Syria. There are no protests there,\" Idriss told the English-language daily, adding that he and his brothers supported Syrian government.
Four Syrian dissidents have been kidnapped in Lebanon since May.