#turkey says 28 #truckers abducted in #Iraq “safe and sound”
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Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Tuesday a group of Turkish #truck_drivers being held by suspected militants from an al-Qaeda splinter group in Iraq were “safe and sound.” A Turkish official said the 28 drivers were taken hostage by militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) while carrying diesel from the Turkish port of Iskenderun to a power plant in the Iraqi city of Mosul. read more