The Government of Syria is conducting negotiations for the release of ten people, including seven Armenians, who were taken hostage on Monday nearby Aleppo, reliable sources from the Armenian community of Syria told Armenian News-NEWS.am, and noted that all efforts are undertaken for their release.    

As Armenian News-NEWS.am informed earlier, the Syrian opposition rebels on Monday stopped a civilian bus, which was heading from Aleppo to Beirut, and took ten people hostage. Seven of the hostages are Armenian and three others are Christian Arabs. The opposition rebels demand the release of their 150 followers and threaten to kill the hostages if their demand is not met within three days.        

The Armenian hostages are Garo Pampalian, Arsen Aroian, Levon Zeytounian, and Bashar and Georges (father and son) Rabat. But the names of the two other hostages and all of their ages are not announced.