US Journalist Kidnapped in Syria Returns Home

Peter Theo Curtis walks toward reporters to read a statement outside his mother's home in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Aug. 27, 2014. 

Peter Theo Curtis meets with reporters outside his mother's home in Cambridge, Massachusetts,  Aug. 27, 2014. 

Peter Theo Curtis, 45, stands outside his mother's home in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Curtis spent two years as a captive of al-Nusra Front, an affiliate of al-Qaida in Syria,  Aug. 27, 2014.

Peter Theo Curtis, who was released on Sunday, Aug. 24  after spending two years as a captive of insurgents in Syria, stands outside his mother's home in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Aug. 27, 2014.

Viva Hardigg, cousin of American journalist Peter Theo Curtis, talks to reporters outside the home of Curtis' mother in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Aug. 25, 2014.

Nancy Curtis, mother of American journalist Peter Theo Curtis, briefly answers reporters' questions outside her home in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Aug. 25, 2014.

This image, taken from undated video obtained by The Associated Press, is believed to be Peter Theo Curtis, a U.S. citizen held hostage by an al-Qaida-linked group in Syria, as he delivers a statement.