BEIRUT, October 8 (RIA Novosti) - The U.S. Embassy in Lebanon confirmed Wednesday that two vacationing U.S. citizens have disappeared in the country.
Earlier Wednesday, a Lebanese newspaper said two Americans working for the Jordan Times newspaper had gone missing in Lebanon.
Taylor Luck and Holli Chmela arrived in Lebanon on September 29 from Jordan and checked in at a Beirut hotel. They have not been heard from since October 1.
The U.S. Embassy said the families of Luck and Chmela were "asking for the public's assistance in providing information on the possible whereabouts of the two U.S. citizens."
Friends of the pair said they planned to visit Byblos and Tripoli in Lebanon's north, then head to Syria before returning to Jordan.
The Lebanese authorities and the U.S. embassies in Lebanon, Syria and Jordan are working to locate two missing.
