📰 5 sources 6 articles · 27 Oct 2026, 15:33 → 17 days ago

Lebanese Army frees two kidnapped Syrian women in Hermel

The Lebanese Army announced that an Intelligence Directorate patrol freed two Syrian women in the Hermel area who had been kidnapped for about two weeks, after they were lured from Syrian territory and a ransom was demanded from their families. The Army said follow-up is ongoing to arrest those involved in the kidnapping.

📍 Where things stand: The two Syrian women have been freed, and the Army is continuing follow-up to arrest those involved in the kidnapping.

⏱️ Timeline

27 Oct 2026, 15:33 The Lebanese Army announced the freeing of two kidnapped Syrian women in the Hermel area.
27 Oct 2026, 16:06 The Lebanese Army announced that an Intelligence Directorate patrol carried out a raid in the Hermel area on 26 October 2026 and freed two Syrian women who had been kidnapped about two weeks earlier, with the kidnappers demanding a ransom from their families.
27 Oct 2026, 16:17 Reports said the two Syrian women were lured from Syrian territory into Lebanon before being kidnapped, while the Army said follow-up is ongoing to arrest those involved.

Timeline written by AI from the sources below; updated as new reports arrive.

How the sources covered it

Most coverage focused on the Army's announcement of freeing the two Syrian women in Hermel; some outlets expanded on the details of the 26 October raid, the ransom demand and the luring from Syria, while others carried only a brief report of the release.

aljadeed It limited itself to reporting the Army's announcement of freeing two kidnapped Syrian women in the Hermel area, without further details on the operation or the circumstances of the kidnapping.
MTV Lebanon It presented the official details in full: the date of the raid on 26 October 2026, the Intelligence Directorate patrol, the roughly two-week duration of the kidnapping, the ransom demand, the luring from Syrian territory, and the ongoing follow-up to arrest those involved.
lebanon debate It focused on the Army Command as the source, noting the roughly two-week duration of the kidnapping and the ransom demand from the families, and in a later report mentioned that they were lured from Syria.
LBCI Lebanon It reported the news very briefly: that the Army freed two kidnapped Syrian women in the Hermel area, without details on the operation or the circumstances of the kidnapping.
Lebanon ON Its headline highlighted the account of the luring from Syria and the ransom demand as the background to the release operation in Hermel.