Peter Theo Curtis

The mother of a US hostage who has been threatened with death by jihadist militants pleaded for his life on Wednesday amid mounting fears for Americans captured in Syria.

An American journalist held for nearly two years by militants linked to Al-Qaeda in Syria returned to the United States late on Tuesday, two days after Qatar negotiated his release, his family said.

An American held hostage in Syria by an al-Qaida-linked group has been released after about two years, the Obama administration and a relative confirmed Sunday, days after militants had beheaded a US journalist abducted while covering that country's civil war.

The mother of a US hostage who has been threatened with death by jihadist militants pleaded for his life on Wednesday amid mounting fears for Americans captured in Syria.

An American journalist held for nearly two years by militants linked to Al-Qaeda in Syria returned to the United States late on Tuesday, two days after Qatar negotiated his release, his family said.

An American held hostage in Syria by an al-Qaida-linked group has been released after about two years, the Obama administration and a relative confirmed Sunday, days after militants had beheaded a US journalist abducted while covering that country's civil war.