DHAKA: Four French journalists were found by Turkish soldiers on the border with Syria on Saturday after being abducted by the rebel group Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Syria last June.

Journalists Nicolas Henin, Pierre Torres, Edouard Elias and Didier Francois were found in Sanliurfa province with their hands and eyes bound, Dogan News Agency said.

The French presidency confirmed that the four journalists were “in good health” and that they were scheduled to return home to France in the next few hours.

An unknown group brought the journalists to the Turkish border last night, the Dogan News Agency reported. It stated that they would be taken to a hospital before being handed over to French officials.

BDST: 1641 HRS, APR 19, 2014