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11 Iranian pilgrims kidnapped in Syria, report

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Iran’s foreign ministry says 11 Iranian pilgrims have been kidnapped by an unknown group in Syria, which has been swept by civil unrest.

Tehran is calling on the Syrian government to “use all means” to help secure their release.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said on January 26 that the 11 Iranian citizens were traveling by road to Damascus when they were abducted.

In a similar incident in late December, seven Iranian engineers were kidnapped in the Homs region of central Syria — a hub of unrest and government crackdowns that have beset the Arab state since March.

Syria is Iran’s main ally in the Arab world.

Anti-regime circles have accused Tehran of aiding the regime’s crackdown on dissent.

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9 responses to “11 Iranian pilgrims kidnapped in Syria, report”

  1. MeYosemite Avatar
    MeYosemite

    Is this a semantic cross word excercise here: this reads to me as Iranian pilgrims means fighters, iranian engineers means intelligence. Nonetheless they all dress in black, bearded easy to pin point. What pilgrims are doing in a country in midst of civil war anyway, if they are not part of the war.

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    Anonymous

    Is this a semantic cross word excercise here: this reads to me as Iranian pilgrims means fighters, iranian engineers means intelligence. Nonetheless they all dress in black, bearded easy to pin point. What pilgrims are doing in a country in midst of civil war anyway, if they are not part of the war.

  3. antar2011 Avatar
    antar2011

    why don’t they ask their soldiers who are helping Assad in the killing to find out who was responsible!
    morons..

    i don’t believe them one bit.

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    Anonymous

    why don’t they ask their soldiers who are helping Assad in the killing to find out who was responsible!
    morons..

    i don’t believe them one bit.

  5. wargame1 Avatar
    wargame1

    this is good news , they are all Iranian killing machine helping Assad. The free Syrian Army should capture more of such “pilgrim”. Last time there was a video of those captured pilgrims and they confessed on camera that they work for Muktada al sadr of Iraq and Hasan Nasrullah of Hezbushaitan.

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    Anonymous

    this is good news , they are all Iranian killing machine helping Assad. The free Syrian Army should capture more of such “pilgrim”. Last time there was a video of those captured pilgrims and they confessed on camera that they work for Muktada al sadr of Iraq and Hasan Nasrullah of Hezbushaitan.

  7. wargame1 Avatar
    wargame1

    Please search this on youtube ” Iranian IRGC terrorists captured by the Free Syrian Army in Homs city in Syria 26.01.2012 ”  and

    ” The Free Syrian Army captured 13 of Al-Assad’s thugs in Idlib province in Syria 15.12.2011″
    to see the true face of the pilgrims

  8. wargame1 Avatar
    wargame1

    Please search this on youtube ” Iranian IRGC terrorists captured by the Free Syrian Army in Homs city in Syria 26.01.2012 ”  and

    ” The Free Syrian Army captured 13 of Al-Assad’s thugs in Idlib province in Syria 15.12.2011″
    to see the true face of the pilgrims

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    Anonymous

    Please search this on youtube ” Iranian IRGC terrorists captured by the Free Syrian Army in Homs city in Syria 26.01.2012 ”  and

    ” The Free Syrian Army captured 13 of Al-Assad’s thugs in Idlib province in Syria 15.12.2011″
    to see the true face of the pilgrims

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