{"id":10568,"date":"2018-02-05T13:36:38","date_gmt":"2018-02-05T18:36:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=10568"},"modified":"2018-02-05T13:36:38","modified_gmt":"2018-02-05T18:36:38","slug":"two-canadians-held-hostage-syria-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2018\/02\/05\/two-canadians-held-hostage-syria-released\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Canadians held hostage in Syria released"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two Canadians held hostage in Syria have been released into the custody of Turkish officials.<\/p>\n

Sean Allen Moore and Jolly Bimbachi were held by al-Qaeda-linked Hayat Tahrir al-Sham in Syria.<\/p>\n

Hayat Tahrir al-Sham is an al-Qaeda-linked jihadist alliance that dominates the north-western Syrian province of Idlib.<\/p>\n

It is not clear how either Ms Bimbachi or Mr Moore ended up as hostages in Syria.<\/p>\n

“We are relieved that two Canadian citizens have safely left Syria,” said Global Affairs Canada spokeswoman Amy Mills in a statement.<\/p>\n

Ms Mills said the department would not offer more details on the case due to privacy concerns.<\/p>\n

Ms Bimbachi left Canada for Lebanon last year to search for her children.<\/p>\n

Their father had taken them to Lebanon in 2015 to visit relatives but did not return as planned, according to the Chatham Daily News.<\/p>\n

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BREAKING: Canadian citizens Sean Allen Moore & Jolly Bimbachi released after months being held hostage by al-Qaeda linked hayat tahrir al sham in Syria. Freed into Turkish custody<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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She ended up in Syria where she was kidnapped by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham.<\/p>\n

Hayat Tahrir al-Sham is a Syrian jihadist group formerly known as al-Nusra Front until it distanced itself from al-Qaeda in 2016.<\/p>\n

Mr Moore was in the Middle East to assist Ms Bimbachi in returning her children to Canada,\u00a0CBC news reported.<\/a><\/p>\n

Both Mr Moore and Ms Bimbachi are from the town of Chatham, Ontario, about 300km (185 miles) southwest of Toronto.<\/p>\n

Jeff Bultje told the BBC that his friend Mr Moore was “in the helping business” and had travelled to the region previously on charity missions.<\/p>\n

“He loves to dig into stuff,” Mr Bultje said. “To set things right.”<\/p>\n

He said he last spoke to Mr Moore around Christmas.<\/p>\n

Source: bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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