Lebanese army troops patrol the airport highway on the southern outskirts of Beirut on Friday following the kidnapping by gunmen early in the morning of two pilots working for Turkish Airlines on the road leading to the airport. Portrait on Amal movement billboard shows Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, who heads the Shiite movement. AFP PHOTO
BEIRUT: Gunmen kidnapped two pilots working for Turkish Airlines early on Friday on Beirut’s airport road, Lebanon’s Interior Minister Marwan Charbel said.