BEIRUT: Interior Minister Marwan Charbel quoted Friday Turkish officials as saying the head of the group behind the kidnapping of a Lebanese group in Syria in 2012 has been killed. But a mediator in the case denied Abu Ibrahim is dead. "I have received information from the Turkish side that Abu Ibrahim has been killed and that Abu Jaser has replaced him," Charbel was quoted as telling a delegation from Lebanon’s Journalists Syndicate.

He added that Abu Ibrahim died as a result of wounds. Charbel said contacts are still ongoing with Turkey in order to resolve the case of the kidnapped Lebanese. [Link]