BEIRUT: Nine Lebanese pilgrims held hostage in Syria for 17 months arrived in Beirut on Saturday after being freed in an exchange that also released two Turkish Airlines pilots seized in Lebanon.
The Shiite pilgrims were greeted by cabinet ministers and other senior officials from across the political spectrum in Lebanon, where their seizure had sparked angry protests by family members.
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