A former Australian soldier involved in the botched 60 Minutes child abduction in Beirut has left Lebanon.
Adam Whittington was photographed at a Lebanese airport with his lawyer Joe Karam overnight, according to a post on a Facebook page dedicated to supporting him.
It's expected he will fly to Sweden to be reunited with his wife Karin and their two young sons.
"Yes you're not seeing things Adam is now out of ... Lebanon and on his way home to Karin and the boys as we speak," family friend Susan Brown posted on the Support Adam Whittington page.
Mr Whittington was granted bail last week and when his travel ban was lifted, Mr Karam released a statement saying "the truth is coming very soon".
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He and two of his colleagues were charged with kidnapping after Brisbane mum Sally Faulkner's two young children Lahela and Noah were snatched from a Beirut street in April while being filmed by a Nine 60 Minutes crew.
Ms Faulkner has said she her estranged husband Ali Elamine took their children to Lebanon on a holiday in May last year but never returned.
Reporter Tara Brown will return to 60 Minutes on Sunday night, three-and-a-half months after she was released from a Beirut jail over her involvement in the story.
