Japanese Journalist Is Freed After 3 Years As Captive In Syria

Men walk past a TV screen showing a news program with an image of Japanese freelance journalist Jumpei Yasuda, on Wednesday. Yasuda, who disappeared three years ago in Syria, has been released and is now in Turkey, a Japanese official said.

Jumpei Yasuda was taken hostage by al-Nusra Front, the al-Qaida affiliate in Syria, in 2015. Japanese officials say he was freed on Tuesday and is now in Turkey.

(Image credit: Eugene Hoshiko/AP)

Japanese Journalist Is Freed After 3 Years As Captive In Syria
By Anthony Kuhn

October 24, 2018 at 04:15AM
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