MP al-Saad: At Least 91 Citizens Missing in Syria
MP Fouad al-Saad said Tuesday that a fact-finding committee he had presided over compiled a list of 91 Lebanese citizens missing in Syria, but no Lebanese officials wanted to raise the issue with Damascus.
Al-Saad explained in a radio interview that the list is "preliminary," which indicates that more Lebanese citizens could be held in Syrian jails.
Al-Saad had visited Syria and presented the list to the late Interior Minister Ghazi Kanaan and Intelligence officer Rustom Ghazaleh who promised to "reply, but nothing has been received."
Relatives of the missing Lebanese citizens on Monday delivered a memo to a Republican Palace official demanding an end to their ordeal.
The daily As Safir said President Michel Suleiman would meet representatives of the families and ask them for a "detailed and documented file of the case that he would discuss with Syrian President Bashar Assad" during a visit to Damascus in the near future.
Press reports said Suleiman would visit Damascus on Saturday, but no official announcement has been released.