They had gone there through Shikhar International Manpower Service.
Those stranded there are Shiva Bahadur Karki, Ishwar Bhandari, Mukta Bahadur Mahat, Bal Krishna Poudel, Lakpa Singh Ghising, Tanka Prasad Poudel and Tek Bahadur Bhujel, among others.
The Arab spring ten years later