Three French and one Iraqi, members of the French NGO SOS Chrétiens d'Orient, who had been kidnapped in Baghdad on January 20, 2020, have been released, the Elysée Palace announced on Thursday evening.
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“ France has made every effort to achieve this outcome. The President of the Republic expresses his gratitude to the Iraqi authorities for their cooperation, ”said a brief statement from the French presidency, without further details.