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Syria releases American freelance photographer Kevin Patrick Dawes
Source: Washington Post
Syria releases American freelance photographer Kevin Patrick Dawes
By Adam Goldman April 8 at 1:11 PM
The Syrian government has freed an American freelance photographer who was abducted after traveling to the country in 2012, according to two U.S. officials.
Kevin Patrick Dawes, 33, from San Diego, was released following many months of negotiations, said the officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the details of Dawes’s release have not yet been made public.
The U.S. State Department had taken the lead on winning Dawes’s release, which took place in the last few days, according to a State Department official. An official said the Syrians handed Dawes over to Russia authorities, who then flew him out of Syria. Russia has been one of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s biggest backers.
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Dawes’s case drew little attention in the media, but his release is believed to be a positive sign in securing the freedom of freelance journalist Austin Tice, another American hostage and former U.S. Marine who disappeared in Syria in 2012. Tice had been contributing articles to The Washington Post, McClatchy Newspapers and other news outlets.
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By Adam Goldman April 8 at 1:11 PM
The Syrian government has freed an American freelance photographer who was abducted after traveling to the country in 2012, according to two U.S. officials.
Kevin Patrick Dawes, 33, from San Diego, was released following many months of negotiations, said the officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the details of Dawes’s release have not yet been made public.
The U.S. State Department had taken the lead on winning Dawes’s release, which took place in the last few days, according to a State Department official. An official said the Syrians handed Dawes over to Russia authorities, who then flew him out of Syria. Russia has been one of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s biggest backers.
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Dawes’s case drew little attention in the media, but his release is believed to be a positive sign in securing the freedom of freelance journalist Austin Tice, another American hostage and former U.S. Marine who disappeared in Syria in 2012. Tice had been contributing articles to The Washington Post, McClatchy Newspapers and other news outlets.
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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/american-freelance-photographer-freed-in-syria/2016/04/08/8628e5d0-fd88-11e5-80e4-c381214de1a3_story.html
