Two Missing US Journalists Held In Syria – Foreign Ministry

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      DAMACUS (AFP)–Two young U.S. journalists who went missing in Lebanon a week ago were detained in Syria Thursday for entering the country illegally, the Foreign Ministry said.

      A Lebanese security official told AFP in Beirut that the U.S. embassy in Lebanon has officially notified authorities that the pair were being detained in Syria.

      Taylor Luck and Holli Chmela were on holiday. They had been missing since Oct. 1 when they checked out of their Beirut hotel.

      The U.S. embassy said Wednesday that the two had had reportedly left Beirut headed for Byblos and Tripoli in northern Lebanon, from where they planned to cross into Syria before returning to Jordan.

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