But tensions have been rising between Israel and Syria in recent weeks, particularly following the airstrikes, which targeted alleged Syrian arms shipments bound for Hezbollah.

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The prisoner, his arms still bound, crouched next to me.

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I'd last seen Nancy Turner just days before she boarded a flight bound for Kuwait, with Noor in her arms.

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