Japanese journalist held hostage in Syria freed after 3 yrs
Japanese journalist Jumpei Yasuda held hostage in Syria by Islamist militants has been released after three years, Japan's Foreign Minister Taro Kono said. Yasuda was believed to have been held hostage by the al-Qaeda affiliated Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham. He had gone missing in June 2015 after travelling from Turkey to Syria to report on the civil war in the country.