Beirut - Two freelance journalists from the United States are believed to have gone missing on the road between northern Lebanon and Aleppo in Syria, Lebanese media reported Wednesday.

Taylor Luck, 23, and Halli Camella Shmela, 27, who were apparently working for the Jordan Times, last contacted their families on October 1, saying they planned to take a taxi from Tripoli to Aleppo, the Lebanese daily al-Akhbar said.

According to Lebanese security sources, the two had set out from their hotel in Beirut on September 30 for an unknown destination.

The sources said Luck had last used his credit card in Beirut on October 1.

The US embassy in Beirut was notified and was coordinating with Lebanese authorities, Lebanese officials told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa on Wednesday. The US embassy meanwhile declined to comment. (dpa)