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21 results found for '"Damascus"' in Keywords.
Schoolboy stows away on plane (1980)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with British schoolboy Mark Sherlock(?) about how he was able to slip onto a flight from Heathrow to Damascus. Male interviewer not identified.
Pakistani asylum seekers held in Syria (1982)
- Genre
- Interview
Unidentified male journalist on the subject of eleven Pakistani asylum seekers detained in a hotel in Damascus, Syria, after their Boeing aircraft was hi-jacked in 03/81. Female interviewer not identified.
TWA Flight 847 hijack - Damascus press conference (1985)
- Genre
- Interview; Press conference; Speech
Press conference in Damascus, Syria, featuring the hostages on TWA Flight 847 which was hijacked by Lebanese Shia Islamists on 14/06/85, following their release in Beirut, the Lebanon. The main speaker is...
TWA Flight 847 hijack - Captain at press conference (1985)
- Genre
- Press conference
Press conference in Damascus, Syria, featuring John L. Testrake, the freed captain of TWA Flight 847 which was hijacked by Lebanese Shia Islamists on 14/06/85.
Brian Keenan released (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Irishman Brian Keenan has been released after four years being held hostage in Beirut, following his kidnapping by the militant group Islamic Dawn. Reaction from his sister, Elaine Spence, the Irish Foreign...
American Frank Reed released from captivity (1990)
- Genre
- Press conference
Freed US hostage Frank Reed speaks at a press conference in Damascus, Syria following his release by the organisation Islamic Dawn.
John McCarthy speaks to press after release (1991)
- Genre
- Press conference
Press statement from John McCarthy in Damascus, Syria on his release from captivity by Islamic Jihad (on 08/08/91) after five years as a hostage in Beirut, the Lebanon. On his release and the condition of...
John McCarthy after release (1991)
- Genre
- Press conference
Part of press statement in Damascus, Syria from John McCarthy, recently freed from captivity as a hostage in Beirut (on 08/08/91). On the wellbeing of his fellow hostages Terry Anderson, Tom Sutherland and...
John McCarthy released (1991)
- Genre
- News report
Report on the release of Beirut hostage John McCarthy after over 5 years of captivity (on 08/08/91), he has been handed over to Syrians and taken to Damascus. Mike Theodoulou reports from Nicosia.
John McCarthy freed from Beirut (1991)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the release of British hostage John McCarthy from Beirut, the Lebanon this morning by his captors Islamic Jihad. With reaction from: Sunnie Mann, husband of hostage Jackie Mann, who had hope it...