Salon.com > Richard Engel kidnapped http://www.salon.com Wed, 22 May 2013 19:58:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 NBC’s Richard Engel freed in Syria http://www.salon.com/2012/12/18/nbcs_richard_engel_freed_in_syria/ http://www.salon.com/2012/12/18/nbcs_richard_engel_freed_in_syria/#comments Tue, 18 Dec 2012 12:01:00 +0000 http://www.origin.railrode.net/?p=13148407 NBC News reports this morning that Richard Engel and his crew have been freed by their Syrian abductors.

In a statement, the network announced: “After being kidnapped and held for five days inside Syria by an unknown group, NBC News Chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel and his production crew members have been freed unharmed. We are pleased to report they are safely out of the country.

Engel and his crew are live on the "Today" show now; we will update with more details.

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