Iran on diplomatic blitz to free hostages in Syria
TEHRAN—Iran launched a diplomatic offensive Tuesday apparently aimed at helping to free 48 Iranian hostages kidnapped in Syria last weekend. Syrian rebels say they are holding the Iranians. Iran says the hostages are religious pilgrims who were snatched on Saturday, August 4, as they were en route to their hotels near Damascus, the Syrian capital. But a Syrian rebel brigade publicly labeled the captives Iranian militiamen visiting Damascus on a “reconnaissance mission.” The rebel brigade says it abducted the Iranians in an operation planned ...
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