Soldiers Held Captive

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  Russia, Ukraine Swap 190 Prisoners of War

  Russia said that it had swapped 95 Ukrainian soldiers held captive for an equal number of Russian troops in an exchange deal brokered by the United Arab Emirates.

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  Ready To Swap All Israeli Soldiers For All Palestinian Prisoners: Hamas

  A senior Hamas official said on Wednesday the Islamist movement was ready to release all the Israeli soldiers it is holding captive in exchange for all Palestinian prisoners held in Israel, amid negotiations to extend a truce over Gaza.

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  Israel Confirms Death Of Captive Woman Soldier Shown In Hamas Video

  The Israeli army on Tuesday confirmed the death of Noa Marciano, a woman soldier held captive in Gaza by Palestinian terrorist group Hamas.

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  Syria's Al-Qaida Branch Releases Captive Lebanese Soldiers

  Syria's al-Qaida branch has freed a group of Lebanese soldiers held captive since August 2014 as part of a swap deal.

• Islamic State Beheads Second Captive Lebanese Soldier

  The mother of a Lebanese soldier held captive by the militant Islamic State group says that photographs posted online purporting to show his beheading appear real.

• Taliban Post Picture of Commander With Smiling US Captive

  US soldier Bowe Bergdahl, who was held captive by the Taliban for five years, appeared smiling alongside an alleged Haqqani commander in a photo posted on a Twitter account purporting to be from the Afghan Taliban.

• Taliban Says Captured US Soldier was Treated Well

  The Taliban says U.S. Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl was treated well during the five years they held him captive in Afghanistan and was even allowed to play soccer with the men holding him.

• Touch and Go on Bergdahl Release Until Very End

  Right up until the moment Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl was freed, U.S. officials were not sure the Taliban would really release the only American soldier held captive in Afghanistan in exchange for high-level militants detained at Guantanamo Bay.

• After Taliban Prisoner Swap, Concerns Surface In US Over Qatar's Role

  After playing a critical role in the prisoner swap that freed the last American soldier held captive in Afghanistan, Qatar faces new scrutiny by the United States over whether it will enforce restrictions on five released Taliban fighters.

• US-Taliban Prisoner Swap a Precedent: Cuba Agent

  The exchange of five Taliban detainees at Guantanamo for a U.S. Army soldier held captive in Afghanistan could set a precedent for a similar swap with Cuba, a Cuban intelligence agent who spent years imprisoned in the United States said Monday.

• US Defends Decision to Swap Taliban for Captive Soldier

  The United States on Sunday defended its decision to allow five Taliban detainees to be transferred from Guantanamo Bay to Qatar to secure the release of a US soldier held in Afghanistan, saying time was running short.

• US Soldier, Held for Nearly 5 Years by Taliban, Freed From Captivity in Afghanistan

  US officials say the only American soldier held prisoner in Afghanistan has been freed and is in US custody.

• Taliban suspends talks on held US soldier Bowe Bergdahl

  Afghanistan's Taliban said Sunday they had suspended "mediation" with the United States to exchange captive Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl for five senior Taliban prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay.

• Reverend Jesse Jackson to mediate for US captive in Colombia

  The Reverend Jesse Jackson said on Saturday that he had agreed to mediate in the case of a former US soldier held captive by Colombia's largest guerrilla group since June, calling the American's release "imminent."

• Taliban offer to free US soldier in exchange of five senior operatives

  The Afghan Taliban are ready to free a US soldier held captive since 2009 in exchange for five of their senior operatives imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay as a conciliatory gesture, a senior spokesman for the group said Thursday.