Christians in Lebanon are celebrating the release of several prisoners who were abducted by the Syrian regime over several decades of occupation and who are now, finally, free after the sudden collapse of the Assad regime on Sunday.
L’Orient Today reported:
Souheil Hamawi, a Lebanese national detained in Syria for 33 years, has returned to his home in North Lebanon. Hamawi, who claimed he was arrested in December 1992 at his home in Chekka, arrived in his village accompanied by a brass band and was welcomed by relatives in an emotional reunion, according to our correspondent Michel Hallak.
In an interview with local television, Hamawi recounted his ordeal, stating that he had been arrested when his son was just 10 months old. Now a grandfather, Hamawi expressed eagerness to meet his family after decades apart. He revealed that he had been transferred between several Syrian…
