Russia has secured the release of an American citizen detained in war-torn Syria and has handed him over to American authorities, Moscow's foreign ministry said Friday, according to AFP.

Meanwhile in Washington, the State Department thanked Russia for its assistance in the case of a man who was abducted in 2012 after crossing the border from Turkey.

(Arutz Sheva’s North American desk is keeping you updated until the start of Shabbat in New York. The time posted automatically on all Arutz Sheva articles, however, is Israeli time.)


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