Valextra 58 Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 ROME  Two Italian aid workers taken hostage in Syria five months ago have been released and will soon return home, Italy's government said on Thursday. "Vanessa Marzullo and Greta Ramelli are free and will soon return to Italy," read a Tweet from Prime Minister Matteo Renzi's office. Renzi's spokesman also confirmed the news. No details about their release were provided. Some Italian media reported that the two young women would be flown out of Turkey on Friday. In August, Italy's Foreign Ministry said the pair were taken hostage while seeking to provide healthcare assistance in the embattled northern city of Aleppo. Two weeks ago, their captors released a threatening video online demanding that the government intervene to bring them home. The video said they were being detained by al Qaeda's Syria wing, the Nusra Front. "We are in big danger and we could be killed. The government and its militaries are responsible (for) our lives," one of the women said in English, appearing to read from a statement. Nusra Front and the militant Islamic State group have held groups of Westerners hostage in Syria, which has descended into a splintered and prolonged civil war. Islamic State beheaded several male hostages including aid workers and journalists in 2014. http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/two-italian-hostages-held-syria-al-qaedas-nusra-front-are-n286951 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
monsterdreams 1,529 Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 Such great news! Haters gonna need more than a flashlight for my shade Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miky 9,587 Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 The blond one is SO PRETTY Too many people here with moral superiority complex. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valextra 58 Posted January 15, 2015 Author Share Posted January 15, 2015 Such great news! Yes here we're following this unfortunate event since last summer. Luckily they're safe now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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