Kidnapped Saudi citizen found and freed by Lebanese Army

BEIRUT: The Lebanese Army’s intelligence directorate has found and freed Saudi citizen Mashari al-Mutairi, who had been kidnapped, after a security operation on the border with Syria.

Several of those involved in the kidnapping were arrested, according to a statement by the army command on Tuesday. 

The Saudi national was taken to the Lebanese minister of defense following his release under the protection of heavy security.