AMMAN, Jordan - Two American journalists who went missing during a vacation in Lebanon say they were "kidnapped" and taken by force into Syria, where they were held in custody for a week before being released.
The two - Taylor Luck, 23, and Holli Chmela, 27 - spoke to their newspaper Jordan Times upon returning home to Jordan early Friday.
They were released on Thursday in Damascus, which said they had crossed the border illegally with the help of smugglers.
Luck is quoted as saying the two hired a taxi driver to take them from Lebanon to Syria.
Instead of driving to an official border crossing, the driver went off the main road and "locked the doors."
Later they were taken into a Syrian military car.
