http://www.thelocal.se/20150426/swedish-hostages-freed-in-syria
Two Swedes on a mission trip to Jordan were taken hostage after they crossed the Syrian-Jordanian border, by a branch of Al-Qeada known as the Al-Nursa Front. They were held for a little over two months. Palestine and Jordanian authorities managed to free the Swedes and send them home to Sweden.
The tension in the Middle East has always been very high. This will show missionaries that you don't go into hostel territory unless it is absolutely necessary. It goes to show that people hear it happening to others, but they don't think it will happen to them if they just go out for a little bit. Unfortunately terrorists are hanging around the border for this reason.
It's so disappointing how people cannot even enter a territory without being threatened for their life.
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