FRANCE-SYRIA-CONFLICT-KIDNAP

Didier Francois (C), Edouard Elias (back C), Nicolas Henin (2R) and Pierre Torres, the four French journalists taken hostage in Syria last year and freed yesterday, flanked by French President Francois Hollande (L) and Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius (3R) speak to the press upon their arrival at the Villacoublay air base southwest of Paris on April 20, 2014. The journalists Didier Francois, Edouard Elias, Nicolas Henin and Pierre Torres had been captured in two separate incidents in June last year while covering the conflict in Syria. AFP PHOTO / KENZO TRIBOUILLARD (Photo credit should read KENZO TRIBOUILLARD/AFP via Getty Images)