US Journalist Held Since 2012 Freed in Syria

Islamic rebels in Syria have freed an American journalist they have held since 2012, just days after another American reporter was beheaded. Kidnappers turned over Peter Theo Curtis to a United Nations representative Sunday, although the circumstances of his release were not immediately known.  He was believed to be held by the al-Nusra Front, an al-Qaida affiliate in Syria. In a video that surfaced during his captivity, Curtis said he was a journalist from Boston,...

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