Freed Hostage John McCarthy

Released Beirut hostage, journalist John McCarthy (left) is greeted by United Nations Secretary-General Perez de Cuellar (centre) and Douglas Hogg MP from the British Foreign Office (right) at RAF Lyneham after being held prisoner for 5 years by Jihadists in Lebanon, on 11th August 1991, in Lyneham, England. McCarthy was the United Kingdom's longest-held hostage in Lebanon where he was a prisoner from April 1986, famously forging a strong bond with Irish educator Brian Keenan.

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Released Beirut hostage, journalist John McCarthy (left) is greeted by United Nations Secretary-General Perez de Cuellar (centre) and Douglas Hogg MP from the British Foreign Office (right) at RAF Lyneham after being held prisoner for 5 years by Jihadists in Lebanon, on 11th August 1991, in Lyneham, England. McCarthy was the United Kingdom's longest-held hostage in Lebanon where he was a prisoner from April 1986, famously forging a strong bond with Irish educator Brian Keenan.