Garcia-Margallo also thanked Turkey and Qatar for their help in freeing the journalists but did not offer specifics. Former Foreign Minister Khalid al-Attiyah told The Associated Press last August that talks to free those previous captives happened with the help of intermediaries in Syria. They arrived in Madrid on Sunday on a Spanish military jet sent to Turkey to bring them back. The three went missing on July 12 near the city of Aleppo in northern Syria. One of the three Spanish freelance journalists released after nearly 10 months of captivity in Syria said Monday he feels like he is "walking on air" after being reunited with his family in Spain.

Source: ABC News May 09, 2016 05:28 UTC