Four Italian journalists kidnapped and held in Syria since April 4 had been freed on Saturday, Italy's interim Foreign Minister Mario Monti said in a statement.

The journalists were in Syria to film a documentary about the rebel group with close ties to al-Qaeda.

Though the Foreign Ministry never released the names of the journalists, they have been widely reported by Italian media to be RAI journalist Amedeo Ricucci, freelancers Elio Colavolpe and Andrea Vignali, and Italian-Syrian reporter Susan Dabbous.

Journalists around the world deserve a lot of credit for putting their lives on the line in an effort to cover stories in the most dangerous parts of the world.

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