Islamic State militants have freed a Kurdish photographer they kidnapped last year in northeastern Syria as part of a prisoner swap with a Kurdish militia, the press freedom watchdog Reporters Without Borders said on Friday. The jihadists, who control large areas of Iraq and Syria, are still holding a Kurdish reporter they kidnapped at the same time, RSF said in a statement. Massoud Aqeel was released on Sep. 21 under a deal between Islamic State and the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG), which have seized wide areas of territory from Islamic State this year.
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September 25th, 2015
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