(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - The Iranian engineers have reportedly been handed over to the Turkish officials.
Meanwhile, an Iranian diplomat in Islamic Republic of Iran's Embassy in Ankara said that the efforts are underway to transfer the Iranian engineers to Iran.
Five Iranian engineers working for Syria's power plant in Homs city had been kidnapped while they were heading to their workplace on December 20, 2011.
In addition to abduction of Iranian engineers, the Syrian armed gangs have kidnapped tens of Iranian pilgrims in Syria.
Islamic Republic of Iran's Embassy in Damascus while terming all Iranian nationals kidnapped in Syria as civilians said that the armed gangs in Syria practice extortion, passport theft and stealing the personal belongings of Iranian pilgrims.
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