American President Jimmy Carter called Name_conferral the hostage-taking Terrorism an act of `` blackmail '' and the hostages `` victims of terrorism Terrorism and anarchy . ''

The crisis Hostile_encounter reached Arriving a climax after diplomatic negotiations Communication failed to win Getting the release Releasing of the hostages .

Political analysts Scrutiny cited Adducing the standoff Hostile_encounter as a major factor in the continuing downfall Change_of_leadership of Carter 's presidency and his landslide loss Earnings_and_losses in the 1980 presidential election Change_of_leadership ; the hostages were formally released Releasing into United States custody the day after the signing Sign_agreement of the Algiers Accords , just minutes after American President Ronald Reagan was sworn Commitment into office .

The official justification for the arms shipments was that they were part of an operation to free seven American hostages being held Hold in Lebanon by Hezbollah , a paramilitary group with Iranian ties connected Connect to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps .

The Iranian recipients promised Commitment to do everything in their power to achieve Achieve the release of the hostages .

However , as documented Recording by a congressional investigation , the first Reagan-sponsored secret arms sales to Iran began Process_start in 1981 before any of the American hostages had been taken Conquering in Lebanon .

This fact ruled out Removing the `` arms for hostages '' explanation by which the Reagan administration sought to excuse Justifying its behavior .

Weinberger wrote Writing that Reagan said Telling `` he could answer Response to charges of illegality but could n't answer Response to the charge that 'big strong President Reagan passed Motion_directional up a chance to free Releasing the hostages .

After the weapon sales were revealed Reveal_secret in November 1986 , Reagan appeared Presence on national television and stated Statement that the weapons transfers had indeed occurred Coming_to_be , but that the United States did not trade arms for hostages .

On 4 March 1987 , Reagan made Creating a further nationally televised address , taking full responsibility for the affair and stating that `` what began Process_start as a strategic opening to Iran deteriorated Change , in its implementation , into trading arms for hostages '' .

After one hour , Huseby released Releasing 70 hostages in exchange Exchange for having the aircraft being moved Motion closer to the terminal building Building .

Tsar Alexander I did not agree Agree_or_refuse_to_act with Kutuzov 's idea , but Kutuzov explained Statement that by keeping Temporary_stay the Turks alive , he actually was holding Defending a larger number of hostages and that would force the Sultan to negotiate Communication .

The mutiny Change_of_leadership ended Process_end as the mutineers surrendered Surrendering their arms and released Releasing the hostages after a series of discussions Communication and negotiations Communication with the government .

The Beslan school siege Besieging ( also referred to as the Beslan school hostage crisis Catastrophe or Beslan massacre Killing ) started Process_start on 1 September 2004 , lasted Process_end three days , involved Cause_to_be_included the illegal Legality imprisonment Prison of over 1,100 people as hostages ( including 777 children ) , and ended Process_end with the deaths Death of at least 334 people .

One of the three American hostages on the flight , Fred Hubbell , ran for the position of governor of the state of Iowa in the 2018 election Change_of_leadership .

While the majority of the 310 hostages were transferred Sending to Amman and freed Releasing on 11 September , the PFLP segregated the flight crews and Jewish passengers , keeping Temporary_stay the 56 Jewish hostages in custody , while releasing Releasing the non-Jews .

While the majority of the 310 hostages were transferred Sending to Amman and freed Releasing on 11 September , the PFLP segregated the flight crews and Jewish passengers , keeping Temporary_stay the 56 Jewish hostages in custody , while releasing Releasing the non-Jews .

six hostages in particular were kept Temporary_stay because they were men and american citizens , not necessarily jews : robert norman schwartz , a u.s. defense Defending department researcher stationed in thailand ; james lee woods , schwartz 's assistant and security detail ; gerald berkowitz , an american-born jew and college chemistry professor ; rabbi abraham unk and his brother rabbi joseph unk , two brooklyn school teachers ; and john hollingsworth , a u.s. state department employee .

A swift Jordanian victory , however , enabled Preventing_or_letting a 30 September deal in which the remaining Temporary_stay PFLP hostages were released Releasing in exchange Exchange for Khaled and three PFLP members in a Swiss prison .

as a result , the government ordered Arranging the special air service Supply ( sas ) , a special forces regiment of the british army , to conduct Action an assault , known as operation Military_operation nimrod , to rescue Rescuing the remaining Presence hostages Kidnapping .

That evening , they killed Killing one of the hostages Kidnapping and threw Motion his body out of the embassy .

over the following days , police negotiators secured the release Releasing of five hostages in exchange Exchange for minor concessions , such as the broadcasting Expressing_publicly of the hostage-takers ' demands Request on british television .

During the 17-minute raid Attack , they rescued Rescuing all but one of the remaining Presence hostages , and killed Killing five of the six hostage-takers .

Reports mentioned Statement that female kidnapping victims were raped Bodily_harm and able-bodied male kidnapping victims were forced to fight Hostile_encounter to the death with other hostages , similar to ancient Roman gladiators , where they were given Giving knives , hammers , machetes and clubs to find Getting recruits who were willing to kill Killing for their lives .

The In Amenas hostage Kidnapping crisis began Process_start on 16 January 2013 , when al-Qaeda-linked terrorists affiliated Connect with a brigade led by Mokhtar Belmokhtar took Conquering expat hostages at the Tigantourine gas facility near In Amenas , Algeria .

After four days , the Algerian special forces Hostile_encounter raided Attack the site , in an effort to free the hostages .

At least 39 foreign hostages were killed Killing along with an Algerian security guard , although the true figure is not known , as were 29 terrorists .

The hijackers had the stated objective to free Releasing 40 Palestinian and affiliated Collaboration militants imprisoned in Israel and 13 prisoners in four other countries in exchange Exchange for the hostages .

After moving Motion all hostages from the aircraft to a disused airport building , the hijackers separated Forming_relationships all Israelis and several non-Israeli Jews from the larger group and forced them into a separate room .

over the following two days , 148 non-israeli hostages were released Releasing and flown Self_motion out to paris .

ninety-four , mainly israeli , passengers along with the 12-member air france crew , remained Presence as hostages and were threatened Warning with death Death .

The hijackers threatened Warning to kill Killing the hostages if their prisoner release Releasing demands were not met .

Of the 106 remaining Presence hostages , 102 were rescued Rescuing and three were killed Killing .

The Russians took Getting the family members of Küçüm Khan to Moscow and there they remained Presence as hostages .

The Emperor 's only consolation was to hold Defending , as hostages , Asen 's wife and a certain John ( future Kaloyan of Bulgaria ) , brother of the two new leaders of the Bulgarian state .

In the immediate aftermath , `` Der Spiegel '' speculated Coming_to_believe that funding had been provided Supply by some of the $ 5 million ransom paid Commerce_pay by the West German government in exchange Exchange for the hostages of hijacked Terrorism Lufthansa Flight 649 in February 1972 .

Several related attacks Attack followed in the Île-de-France region on 7–9 January 2015 , including the Hypercacher kosher supermarket siege where a terrorist held 19 hostages , of whom he murdered Killing 4 Jews .

The brothers took Bringing hostages at a signage company in Dammartin-en-Goële on 9 January and were shot Use_firearm dead when they emerged Coming_to_be from the building firing .

The Ma'alot massacre Killing was a Palestinian terrorist Terrorism attack that occurred Coming_to_be in May 1974 and involved Cause_to_be_included a two-day hostage-taking Terrorism of 115 Israeli people which ended Process_end in the murders of over 25 hostages .

Most of the hostages were teenagers from a high school in Safad on a Gadna field trip spending Expend_resource the night in Ma'alot .

Ultimately , 25 hostages , including 22 children , were killed Killing and 68 more were injured Bodily_harm .

All the hostages escaped Escaping , though 79 were later hospitalized Cure with burns Bodily_harm and injuries Bodily_harm .

The formidable obstacles Hindering to the action were overcome Conquering by the commander of the expedition Scrutiny , General Sir Robert Napier , who was victorious Statement in every battle Hostile_encounter with the troops of Tewodros , captured Conquering the Ethiopian capital and rescued Rescuing all the hostages .

Carter blamed Judgment_communication his loss Earnings_and_losses in the 1980 U.S. presidential election Change_of_leadership mainly on his failure to secure the release of the hostages .

According to witnesses the attackers Attack asked Request the hostages if they were Christian or Muslim , letting Preventing_or_letting the Muslims go with a lecture , and slitting Bodily_harm the throats of non-Muslims .

The Moscow theater hostage crisis ( also known as the 2002 Nord-Ost siege ) was the seizure of a crowded Dubrovka Theater by 40 to 50 armed Chechens on 23 October 2002 that involved Cause_to_be_included 850 hostages and ended Process_end with the death Death of at least 170 people .

Due Causation to the layout of the theater , special forces would have had to fight Hostile_encounter through of corridor and attack Attack up a well-defended staircase before they could reach Arriving the hall in which the hostages were held Defending .

after the murder Killing of two female hostages two-and-a-half days in , spetsnaz operators from federal security service ( fsb ) alpha and vympel , supported Supporting by a russian ministry of internal affairs ( mvd ) unk unit , pumped Self_motion an undisclosed chemical agent into the building 's ventilation system and began Process_start the rescue operation .

All 40 of the insurgents were killed Killing , and up to 204 hostages died Death during the siege , including nine foreigners , due Causation to poisoning Bodily_harm by the gas .

All but two of the hostages who died Death during the siege were killed Killing by the toxic substance pumped Self_motion into the theater to subdue the insurgents .