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Lebanese hostages freed by Syrian rebels

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Nine lebanese hostages return home, after been taken hostage by the Northern Storm Brigade for seventeen months. One of the nine Lebanese Shiite pilgrims who were kidnapped by a rebel faction in northern Syria in May 2012, hugs his relatives after his release, upon his arrival at Rafik Hariri international airport, in Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday, Oct. 19, 2013. Two Turkish pilots held hostage in Lebanon and nine Lebanese pilgrims abducted in Syria returned home Saturday night, part of an ambitious three-way deal cutting across the Syrian civil war. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) ** Usable by LA and DC Only **

One of the nine Lebanese Shiite pilgrims who were kidnapped by a rebel faction in northern Syria in May 2012, hugs his relatives after his release, upon his arrival at Rafik Hariri international airport, in Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday, Oct. 19, 2013. Two Turkish pilots held hostage in Lebanon and nine Lebanese pilgrims abducted in Syria returned home Saturday night, part of an ambitious three-way deal cutting across the Syrian civil war. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) ** Usable by LA and DC Only **

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