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Lebanon opens investigation into abduction of Syrian militia leader

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Lebanese authorities launched an investigation into the abduction of Ali Kayali, a former Syrian militia commander accused of leading mass killings in the coastal town of Baniyas in 2013. Kayali, a Turkey-born figure residing in the Lebanese town of Mansouriyeh, was allegedly kidnapped and transported to Syria, where Syrian intelligence later claimed to…

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