Beirut, on August 2, 2011

Central administration - His Eminence the Sheikh Akl of the Druze Unitarian Community the Sheikh Naim Hassan exposed at the House of the Druze Community in Verdun with the member of the “National Struggle Front” the deputy Akram Chehayeb, accompanied by a delegation from the family of the fighter Chebli El Aissami who was kidnapped in Aley, the circumstances of the kidnapping of the latter, and informed him about the actions undertaken by the family to the leaders and concerned people in order to reveal his destiny.
His Eminence expressed to the family his sorrow and worries for this suspicious incident that made the fighter El Aissami disappear from his parents’. He also condemned this kidnapping and incited the concerned persons to make more efforts so that the truth clearly appears, assuring his support and his total solidarity with his family, towards this human issue, as well as his support for any tentative aiming to reveal the destiny of El Aissami and his safe and sound return to his family, asking God to raise sadness and extend His mercy, He who hears and responds to us.
In addition, his Eminence the Sheikh received the representative of the Sheikhdom Akl in the United States, the Sheikh Sami Merhi, and discussed with him the situation of the Druze emigrants.