Syria turns into kidnappers’ paradise
― LEBANON: Every time violence intensifies in Syria, so do abductions of civilians, for political reasons and more often for financial gain, activists and families of hostages say. ∙ The plight of hundreds of people abducted over the past 18 months of conflict has prompted a group of activists to set up a Facebook page entitled “Missing” where pictures of men, women and children are posted by anxious relatives. “Our sister, Taghrid Arnus, is missing, please call this number,” reads one of [...].
