IN PICTURES: Spanish journalist kidnapped for six months reunited with son
This amazing image shows Spanish journalist Javier Espinosa reunited with his young son after spending six months imprisoned in Syria by al Qaida-linked militants.
The reunion between father and family took place yesterday at a military airbase in Torrejon, close to Madrid.
Espinosa, Middle East Correspondent for El Mundo newspaper, was held along with photographer Ricardo Garcia Vilanova, who was also released.
Watch footage of the emotional airport reunion yesterday:
The two journalists arrived in Madrid yesterday aboard a Spanish government executive jet, less than 24 hours after calling from Turkey to say they were free.
They had been seized at a checkpoint in the town of Tal Abyad on September 16 as they were leaving the country following a two-week reporting trip.
Espinosa and Garcia Vilanova held a press conference on Spanish soil after their arrival but said they could not provide details of their captivity or how they won their freedom, saying the matter was "out of our hands."
Espinosa, a veteran war correspondent, was wounded in a shelling attack by Syrian government forces on the city of Homs in 2012. American reporter Marie Colvin and French photojournalist Remi Ochlik lost their lives in that attack.
Media rights groups say nearly 30 reporters have been killed in Syria since the conflict began in March 2011.
