Joint operations between Information Branch, GSF and Iraqi Intelligence result in the release of Kidnapped Lebanese

The media bureau of the Interior Ministry issued on Sunday a press release announcing the return of the Lebanese abductees in Iraq to Beirut this afternoon. 

"In a joint operation between the Information Branch of the Internal Security Forces, General Security and Iraqi Intelligence, and in a direct follow-up by Minister of Interior and Municipalities Nohad Machnouk, the three Lebanese businessmen Imad Khatib, Nader Hamadeh and George Batrouni were released today after they were kidnapped by a gang when they arrived in Baghdad last Sunday," the statement said. 

The statement added that the security operation which was carried out by the Iraqi Intelligence resulted in "the arrest of some the kidnappers, while the remaining members of the gang are being pursued."

"Machnouk praised the work of the Lebanese security apparatuses led by General Imad Othman and Abbas Ibrahim and thanked the Iraqi government for its efforts in returning the Lebanese abductees to their homeland," the statement concluded.