Kidnapped After 10 Months, 4 Freed French journalists

after 10
months held hostage in Syria , the
Saturday ( 19/04/2014 ) , four
journalists
France released the
captor .

French President announced
Edouard liberation Elias , Didier
Francois, Nicolas Henin and Pierre
Torres. Holande said conditions
The fourth was a very good reporter
even though they got a treat
is fixed during the hostage .

Turkish forces discovered all four
reporter was abandoned so
Just near the Syrian border -
Turkey , Friday night . news agency
Turkey , Dogan reported, the fourth
person was found role in state
hands tied and eyes closed .

Pictures of the four journalists were
was televised
Turkey . They look very tired ,
with a bushy beard and hair
length but in conditions
good health .
" I am very happy to be free .
We thank
Turkish government has
help us . Very pleased to be
look at the sky , walking and
speak freely , " said Didier
Francois ( 53 ) .

Initially , the Turks thought
them as members of a group
smugglers . They then brought
The fourth journalist to the police
station
Akcakle in town . There they were
new
know the four men
is a citizen of France .

Four journalists were kidnapped in
two separate incidents June
years ago when they were
covering the Syrian armed conflicts .

Francois, a war reporter
experienced radio Europe 1
and Edouard photographer Elias
( 23 ) ,
captors brought to city
Aleppo on June 6 .
Meanwhile , Nicolas Henin ( 37 ) ,
Point magazine journalist and
freelance photographer Pierre Torres
( 29 ) ,
kidnapped two weeks after
abduction
first . Both were abducted in the city
Raqqa , Syria's northern region .