Peter Theo Curtis, an American journalist kidnapped in Syria nearly two years ago was freed and handed over to U.N. representatives after Qatari mediation helped lead to his release from Syrian militants.

Jabhat al-Nusra released Curtis after he was abducted in October 2012 in Antakya, Turkey, where he planned to enter Syria. Peter Theo Curtis had changed his name from Theo Padnos, the name under which he continued to write, to make it easier for him travel in the Arab world,

Journalism, Abduction, Middle Eastern Culture & Heritage