Richard Engel of NBC Is Freed in Syria – NYTimes.com

December 18, 2012

NBC News has revealed that chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel and members of his production team were freed from Syrian captors on Monday, after a f.

Richard Engel — NBC News' chief foreign correspondent — is alive and well but just barely after being held hostage by masked gunmen in Syria…

“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

“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

According to now widely circulated Turkish news reports, NBC hasn't been able to get in contact with Richard Engel, its Middle East bureau chief — or a Turkish journalist apparently working with him — since Thursday. The original Turkish report

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