Lebanon’s Common Safety chief Abbas Ibrahim is in Washington for a number of points associated to US hostages in Syria, with experiences suggesting he might have new data on journalist Austin Tice.
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Final 12 months, Ibrahim helped launch US citizen Sam Goodwin and Canadian citizen Kristian Lee Baxter from the Syrian regime’s custody in separate operations.
“He was invited by the household of Sam Goodwin who wished to thank him for his efforts in securing their son’s launch from Syria,” a senior diplomat instructed Al Arabiya English.
Ibrahim is not any stranger to negotiations on hostages. He shuttled forwards and backwards in 2019 between Beirut and Tehran to assist facilitate the discharge of Nizar Zakka, a Lebanese citizen who can also be a everlasting US resident.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) kidnapped Zakka in 2015 in Tehran after receiving an official invite from the state for a convention.
Photos Friday confirmed Ibrahim assembly with Goodwin’s household in Washington.
On Thursday evening, the NSC tweeted an image of Nationwide Safety Adviser Robert O’Brien assembly with Goodwin’s household in Washington. O’Brien stated the US remained “dedicated to these nonetheless held captive.”
Nevertheless, on Friday, Lebanese and Arab media experiences instructed Ibrahim was additionally carrying new data to the US administration on Austin Tice, an American journalist who was captured in Syria in 2012.
US President Donald Trump has beforehand stated that Tice was nonetheless alive.
The Trump administration and the State Division have been unable to touch upon Ibrahim’s go to.
An official Lebanese supply confirmed to Al Arabiya English that Ibrahim was invited by Goodwin’s household to Washington.
“He will even have conferences with officers whereas he’s in Washington, however he was not dispatched by the Lebanese state,” the supply stated.
The supply added that Ibrahim would possible focus on US prisoners within the area, contemplating his background and shut ties with a number of safety businesses within the Center East.
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Final Replace: Friday, 16 October 2020 KSA 17:04 – GMT 14:04
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