Akkar Woman Abducted on Her Way to Tripoli

A woman who hails from the northern region of Akkar has been kidnapped while en route to the coastal city of Tripoli, state-run National News Agency reported on Friday.

"Sawsan Abdul Haq, 43, who hails from the town of Hayzouq in Akkar, was abducted Thursday afternoon while on her way to the al-Rahma Dispensary in Tripoli's Bab al-Tabbaneh,” NNA said.

“The kidnappers have contacted her family and asked for a ransom,” the agency added.

The incident comes amid an unprecedented, strict security plan that security forces had started implementing Tuesday in Tripoli and the North with the aim of putting an end to around six years of unrest, especially in the Tripoli rival neighborhoods of Bab al-Tabbaneh and Jabal Mohsen.

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