Turkish and Lebanese hostages freed in exchange deal
  • 11 years ago
Greeted by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, two Turkish airline pilots have arrived in Istanbul, two months after being kidnapped in Lebanon.

They were abducted to put pressure on Turkey to intervene with Syrian rebels holding a group of Lebanese hostages. The pilots' kidnappers were said to be from the family of one of the Lebanese captives.
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