Iraqi captors have released three Lebanese and Syrian truck-drivers who were kidnapped earlier in the month, reports reaching Cairo Monday evening from Beirut said.

Syrian driver Osama Issa and his two Lebanese colleagues Taha al-Jundi and Khaldun Osman were kidnapped on a road west of Baghdad on Aug. 6.

The mother of the Syrian driver was quoted as saying that "my son telephoned me from Iraq and told me that he had been released by his kidnappers, along with his two colleagues, Taha Jundi and Khaldun Othman."

No more details and official confirmation are available at the moment.

Source: Xinhua