Iranian mediation results in the release of two Turkish journalists detained in Syria
The pair, missing since March, landed in Iran and are on their way home
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Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu (photo credit: CC-BY-SA Martin Steinbauer/Wikipedia)
ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey says two Turkish journalists who were being held in Syrian detention are on their way home.
Turkey’s Anadolu agency says a plane carrying journalists Adem Ozkose and Hamit Coskun landed in Iran after leaving Syria on Saturday.
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu says a Turkish plane will take the pair back to Turkey.
The pair were reported missing in early March, and were not heard from until last weekend when they made brief telephone calls to their families from detention in Damascus.
Turkey has strained ties with Syria, which is trying to crush an anti-government uprising. Iran is a staunch backer of Syria’s President Bashar Assad and served as an intermediary in talks on the release of the Turkish journalists.
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