Peter Theo ##r thanks journalists but refuses to make more than a few comments . He apologizes to journalists that he ca n't say more , that he needed bonding time with mother . Islamist militants had held the 45-year - old journalist in Syria for nearly two years . Nancy Curtis says the release is bittersweet , coming shortly after another journalist 's beheading .
Peter Theo Curtis thanks journalists but declines to make more than a few statements . He apologizes to journalists that he ca n't say more , says he wants bonding time with mother . Islamist militants had held the 45-year-old journalist in Syria for nearly two years . Nancy Curtis says the release is bittersweet , coming shortly after another journalist 's beheading .