Foreign hostages released in Iraq
Five men kidnapped in Iraq - two Jordanians and three Lebanese - are reported to have been released.
The son of Jordanian Fayez Saad al-Udwan said his father had called to say he and Mohammad Ahmed Salama al-Manaya’a were free.
In the Lebanese city of Tripoli, Nada Sayour said her husband, Kassem Murqbawi, had also called and said he and a colleague had been released.
Reports say businessman Antoine Antoun also called home to say he was free.
Identity unclear
“He said he had been freed, and that his captors had taken nothing from him,” Nada Sayour told Reuters news agency.
The identity of her husband’s colleague was not immediately clear, although Mrs Sayour said it was one of the al-Jundi brothers.
Some reports said it was Nasser al-Jundi, rather than his brother Taha, who was captured at the same time.
The al-Jundi brothers left Lebanon on 1 August carrying electric generators in their lorries, and were seized some time after entering Iraq.
Mr Murqbawi and Khaldoun Othman were carrying a cargo of Lebanese-produced juice when they were abducted at about the same time.
‘Morale high’
There was no news on the fate of Mr Othman and the second Mr Jundi.
A third Lebanese, businessman Antoine Antoun, is thought to be still held in Iraq.
The two Jordanians were kidnapped on 26 July by a group calling itself the Mujahideen Corps in Iraq.
After the group threatened to kill the men, their company, which was providing catering services to the US army, agreed to halt its business in Iraq.
In Jordan, Mohammad al-Udwan, the 26-year-old son of Fayez, said “his morale is high”, and said the pair hoped to return home on Tuesday.