Turkish Islamic State hostages return home

Name: Turkish Islamic State hostages return home
Uploaded: 2014-09-20T11:25:59.000Z
Duration: 1 min 53 s
Description: Dozens of hostages seized by Islamic State (IS) from the Turkish consulate in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul have been freed and are back in Turkey.

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Dozens of hostages seized by Islamic State (IS) from the Turkish consulate in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul have been freed and are back in Turkey.

The 49 were greeted by flag-waving crowds in Ankara after arriving in southern Turkey early on Saturday.

Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said Turkey's intelligence agency had led the operation, but gave few details.

Peter Biles reports.

Middle East

20 September 2014