An Italian national, Sergio
Zanotti, has been held captive by an unidentified armed group in
Syria for seven months, the Russian site Newsfront reported on
Tuesday. The site showed a video in which the hostage, a native
of Brescia, appears to call on the Italian government to
intervene to prevent him being executed. Sources at the Italian
foreign ministry's crisis unit said that the Italian authorities
had been aware of the video for several days and were following
the case.
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