Wednesday
Jan092013
Syria and Iran Feature: 2130 Civilian Prisoners To Be Released in Exchange for 48 Iranian "Pilgrims"
Wednesday, January 9, 2013 at 9:44 | Scott Lucas in EA Iran, EA Middle East and Turkey, Middle East and Iran UPDATE 1230 GMT: A photograph of the freed Iranians:
Turkey's State news agency Anatolia reports that Syria will release 2130 civilian prisoners, including "many Turkish nationals", in exchange for 48 Iranian men seized by the Syrian opposition last August.