Washington, (SANA)-The U.S. on Thursday expressed relief over information that two US journalists, missed in Lebanon a week ago, were found safe in Syria.

"We are very satisfied to know that the two journalists are existing in a safe place," AFP quoted the US Department of State Spokesman Robert Wood as saying.

The US Embassy in Beirut announced Wednesday that two US citizens have been missed in Lebanon since the first of October.

A source at the Syrian Foreign Ministry stated that the Syrian security authorities have detained two American nationals for entering Syria this morning through the northern Syrian-Lebanese borders illegally with the help of a smuggler.

The source  added that the Syrian specialized security authorities is interrogating them currently to know how they entered Syria without obtaining the required visas and they will be delivered to the US. embassy in Damascus after the conclusion of the necessary procedures.

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