Father Paolo Dall'Oglio, an Italian
Jesuit priest who was kidnapped in Syria in 2013, is among the
hostages being held in the last area of territory still
controlled by ISIS in the south-east of the country, Vatican
news agency reported on Monday citing Lebanese media reports
based on Kurdish sources.
Fides mentioned a report by Lebanese daily Al-Akhbar, which
is considered close to Hezbollah, which said Dall'Oglio was
about to be released along with other Western and Kurdish
hostages.
Last month The Times reported the extremist Islamist group
was using Dall'Oglio and two other Western hostages, British
journalist John Cantlie and a nurse from New Zealand, as
"bargaining chips" in negotiations with with the US-backed
Kurdish-Arab forces surrounding them.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED © Copyright ANSA
