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Two Swedish Journalists Missing in Syria Freed

Middle East Syria Security 08-01-2014 05:08 PM
Two Swedish Journalists Missing in Syria Freed

Two Swedish journalists reported missing in Syria in November have been freed, Sweden’s ambassador to Syria and Lebanon.

Syria: missing Swedish journalists freed Two Swedish journalists reported missing in Syria in November have been freed, Sweden's ambassador to Syria and Lebanon, Niklas Kebbon, said on Wednesday.

Diplomatic sources said one of the men was freed on Saturday.

The International Committee for the Red Cross said it transported the other from the Lebanese border town of Arsal to Beirut on Wednesday.

"He was handed over to the Swedish ambassador," ICRC spokeswoman Claire Kaplun told AFP.

The two men were reported missing on November 25, when the Swedish foreign ministry said the pair appeared to have been kidnapped.

A ministry spokeswoman said at the time that the pair, photographer Niclas Hammarstroem and reporter Magnus Falkehed, both 45, went missing as they were leaving Syria.

Dozens of journalists have gone missing in Syria since the conflict began in March 2011. Reporters Without Borders says at least 27 journalists have been killed in the country since the conflict began.