Qatari hostages held in Iraq since 2015 freed

DOHA: Qatari citizens held  hostage in Iraq by unidentified  gunmen since 2015 have been  freed and handed over to the  Iraqi interior ministry, Qatarbased  al-Jazeera reported on  Friday.  The satellite channel gave no  further details on the release of  the hostages, who were seized  by gunmen in December 2015  while on a hunting trip near the  border with Saudi Arabia.  An Iraqi security official  later said Iraq would hand over  the 26 hostages to Qatar´s ambassador  to Baghdad.—Reuters