On the file of hostages in Iraq

Two Egyptian engineers kidnapped in Iraq one month ago from their office in Baghdad at the hands of armed groups were released on Wednesday evening.

News reports said that the release of the two Egyptian engineers Mustafa Abdul latif and Mahmoud al-Turk was made at the mediation of al-Tawhid Wal-Jihad group which is led by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi suspected to have links to al-Qaida organization.

The spokesman for the Orascom Telecom company where the two engineers are working said that the company has no more kidnapped Egyptians in Iraq, noting the release of other four engineers by the end of September.

On the other hand, the World Care non-governmental charity organization announced suspension of its operations in Iraq after the kidnapping of the organization official Margaret Hassan in Baghdad.

Margaret ( 52 year old) who works in the Australian branch of the organization was kidnapped on Tuesday morning while she was heading for her office in the car. The reason behind her kidnapping were not known.