French journalists' Syrian driver freed in Iraq

A Syrian man believed to have been the driver captured along with two French journalists by militants in August has been found…

A Syrian man believed to have been the driver captured along with two French journalists by militants in August has been found in Fallujah, Marine officials said today.

The US military said the man, found late Thursday in handcuffs in an undisclosed location in the city, told military officials he had been separated from the journalists about a month ago.

On August 20th, French journalists Mr Christian Chesnot and Mr Georges Malbrunot disappeared along with their Syrian driver Mohammed al-Joundi on a trip to the holy city of Najaf.

AP