Aleppo, Syria, Oct 14, 2013 / 14:48 pm
A day after their kidnapping in Syria, the whereabouts of three relief workers from the Red Cross remain unknown, though another three of their companions, as well as a Red Crescent volunteer, have been released.
"Good news! We confirm that the Syrian Red Crescent volunteer and 3 out of 6 ICRC colleagues have been released safe & sound," Robert Mardini, head of the International Committee of the Red Cross' Middle East operations, tweeted Oct. 14.
The relief workers were reportedly abducted by gunmen Oct. 13 near Saraqib, about 35 miles southwest of Aleppo, in a region largely controlled by the Free Syrian Army, an opposition group.
According to SANA, media outlet of the Assad regime, the kidnapping was carried out by "terrorist" rebels, with whom the government has been in a civil war for more than two years.