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Red Cross breaks silence on three staffers snatched in Syria in 2013 and last seen in Islamic State's hands

This combination of undated photos released by International Committee of the Red Cross and created in Geneva Sunday shows (from left): Syrian Alaa Rajab, New Zealander Louisa Akavi and Syrian Nabil Bakdoune at undisclosed locations. The ICRC appealed Sunday for news of the three staff members, who were abducted in Syria in 2013. | ICRC / VIA AFP-JIJI

REUTERS

Apr 15, 2019

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) appealed on Sunday for information on the whereabouts of three employees abducted in Syria more than five years ago and last known to have been held by Islamic State.

Breaking its silence on the case, the independent aid agency identified the three as Louisa Akavi, a nurse from New Zealand, and Syrian drivers Alaa Rajab and Nabil Bakdounes.

U.S.-backed forces proclaimed the capture of Islamic State's last territory in Syria last month, eliminating its rule over a caliphate which it had proclaimed in Iraq and Syria in 2014.

Red Cross breaks silence on three staffers snatched in Syria in 2013 and last seen in Islamic State's hands

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