Tensions are high at Jdaydet Yabous, the border crossing of Lebanon and Syria.<br /> <br />Journalists and religious clerics gather here waiting for a group of nuns to pass through after being held by Syrian rebels since December.<br /> <br />SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) NUN, AGNESS MARIAM AL-SALIB, SAYING:<br /> <br />"I do not know but let us know where they are now. Let us wait and see."<br /> <br />Around 13 nuns and three other workers from their convent have been freed as part of a prisoner exchange.<br /> <br />They're being held in a hall nearby, while they wait for their freedom.<br /> <br />They've been travelling across Syria in a convoy for nine-hours before arriving early in the morning.<br /> <br />They were kidnapped in December by Syrian rebels, when they over-ran the Christian town of Maaloula.<br /> <br />These 13 nuns and their three helpers were said to have been freed as part of a prisoner exchange..<br /> <br />Rights groups say kidnappings by both rebel groups and government forces have become increasingly common.<br /> <br />The
