residents held captive in Syria by an al-Qaeda affiliate, including a mother of two, have been freed and are returning home, ending an ordeal their MP said had left people at home at “wit’s end” to help. Jolly Bimbachi and Sean Moore had been held by Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham, an al-Qaeda affiliate in Syria, the BBC reported. A month later, Bimbachi fled from Lebanon to Syria, hoping to reach Turkey and return to Canada. “We were kind of at wits end,” said Van Kesteren, the Conservative MP for Chatham-Kent-Leamington, said. “We’re all really excited,” Van Kesteren said.

Source: National Post February 05, 2018 18:00 UTC