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| Syrian kidnappers seize Spanish reporter and photographer | Syrian kidnappers seize Spanish reporter and photographer |
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| Spanish newspaper El Mundo says one of its reporters and a freelance photographer are being held hostage in Syria by a group linked to al-Qaida. | Spanish newspaper El Mundo says one of its reporters and a freelance photographer are being held hostage in Syria by a group linked to al-Qaida. |
| On Tuesday, El Mundo said veteran reporter Javier Espinosa and photographer Ricardo Garcia Vilanova were taken captive on 16 September. | |
| It said it had not publicised the news because their families were trying to make discreet contact with their captors. | It said it had not publicised the news because their families were trying to make discreet contact with their 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. | It identified the kidnappers as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria group known by its initials, ISIS. |
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