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Turkey secures release of 49 hostages seized in northern Iraq | Cyprus Mail

Turkey secures release of 49 hostages seized in northern Iraq

By Seyhmus Cakan

Turkish intelligence agents brought 49 hostages seized by Islamic State militants in northern Iraq back to Turkey on Saturday after more than three months in captivity, in what President Tayyip Erdogan described as a covert rescue operation.

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