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Freed Turkish nationals hostages held by Islamist militants in northern Iraq for more than three months, are welcomed by their relatives at the Esenboga Airport in Ankara, on September 20, 2014. Fighters from the Islamic State (IS) kidnapped 46 Turks including diplomats, children and special forces from the Turkish consulate in Mosul and 3 Iraqis on June 11 as they captured swathes of northern Iraq. AFP PHOTO / ADEM ALTAN
Turkey celebrated as 46 Turkish hostages were returned safely home. The hostages were kidnapped from Turkey’s consulate in Mosul, Iraq as IS forces overran the city in June.
The rescue operation that freed them from their Islamic State captors took place in Syria. CCTV America’s Sean Callebs reports.
For more now on the coalition against the Islamic State, CCTV America was joined by Raymond Tanter. He’s a professor of political science and a former member of the National Security Council in the Reagan-Bush White House.
