Jordanian Foreign Ministry spokesman Rajb Al Saqari said on Tuesday that released Jordanian hostage Abu Fatala would return from Iraq to the country, the state-run Petra news agency reported.

The spokesman said Fatala had been released but would stay in Iraq for one day because the Iraqi government had closed the borders with Jordan, which was expected to be re-opened on Wednesday.

Fatala was taken hostage in Iraq last week, together with two Indonesian journalists, who were released on Monday. Enditem