About a dozen nuns held by rebels in Syria for more than three months were released on Sunday and arrived back in Syria after traveling through Lebanon, officials and witnesses said.
Witnesses at the Syrian border with Lebanon said the nuns arrived at the crossing late on Sunday night and headed toward Damascus in a minibus. One witness counted 13 nuns and three other workers from their convent.
"I'm in good health, thank God," one of the nuns said by phone, leaving before she could give her name or further details.
They were held as hostages, and in exchange to set them free, 150 woman prisoners (related to the free military group) had to be set free by the government in order to free the nuns!
They were held as hostages, and in exchange to set them free, 150 woman prisoners (related to the free military group) had to be set free by the government in order to free the nuns!
