Spanish paper says reporter, photographer kidnapped in Syria![]() December 10, 2013 - 17:16 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Spanish newspaper El Mundo said one of its reporters and a freelance photographer are being held hostage in Syria by a group linked to al Qaeda. According to the Associated Press, El Mundo said Tuesday, Dec 10 that veteran reporter Javier Espinosa and photographer Ricardo Garcia Vilanova were taken captive on Sept 16. It said it had refrained from publicizing the news because their families were trying to make discreet contact with the captors. The newspaper said the two were taken along with four members of the Free Syrian Army rebel group at the Tal Abyad checkpoint in the northern province of Raqqa. It identified the kidnappers as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria group known by its initials, ISIS. Related links: Azerbaijani authorities report that they have already resettled 3,000 people in the Nagorno-Karabakh town of Stepanakert. On June 10, Azerbaijani President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev will leave for Turkey on a working visit. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. Partner news |