settlement: All three men were arrested separately when entering Syria between 2001 and 2003, according to The Japan Times. They say they were tortured and interrogated, and some of the questions they were asked were based on information that could only have come from Canada. The Liberal government also said it had agreed on a cash settlement with Ahmad El Maati, Abdullah Almalki and Muayyed Nureddin, who had pressed their case for a decade. In a statement, Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale and Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland apologized to the three for any role Canadian officials may have played in relation to their detention and mistreatment abroad and any resulting harm. The Toronto Star newspaper, which reported in February that a settlement was imminent, said the deal would run into millions of Canadian dollars. Goodale spokesman Dan Brien declined to answer how much the men would be paid.
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