NBC news team freed in Syria after firefight
An NBC news team was freed in Syria during a firefight at an Islamic rebel checkpoint five days after being ambushed and kidnapped by 15 heavily armed gunmen, correspondent Richard Engel said on Tuesday.
Journalist escapes from Syrian captors Updated: 05:30, Tuesday March 12, 2013 A Ukrainian journalist held for several months by kidnappers in Syria is safe in Damascus after fleeing from her captors, her family says.