On the development of hostages file in Iraq

Part of developments of the file of hostages held in Iraq, Jordanian official sources said that two Jordanian drivers kidnapped in Iraq in July were released. The sources added that the two drivers who were held in Falluja were transported to a hospital nearby Falluja. Relatives to the kidnapped confirmed the news.

Also released on Monday were Qasem al-Mirqabawi, one of the four Lebanese drivers who were kidnapped in Iraq, according to his wife. She said that another driver called Nasser al-Jindi was also released with her husband. The four Lebanese were seized on the road between Baghdad and al-Ramadi.

However, relatives of the Lebanese businessman Antoine Antoine who is still held in Iraq, said that a Syrian driver called Issa al-Sheikh Awwad was released on Monday and that he had contacted them from Baghdad and notified them that Antoine is in a good situation and he will be released shortly without a ransom.