Aid Workers Held for Months Freed by Kidnappers in Syria

Global medical charity Doctors Without Borders said Thursday that five of its workers in northwestern Syria have been freed by an armed group that took them captive in January, Reuters writes.

The aid group, also known as Medecins Sans Frontieres, said three of the staffers had been released April 4, the other two were freed Wednesday, and all are physically well.

Doctors Without Borders is known for deploying medical teams in conflict zones. In a statement, the charity said it has closed a hospital and two medical centers in the Latakia province in northwestern Syria, adding, “The reduction of humanitarian aid is a direct consequence of the kidnapping of aid workers.”