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Two Russians, 1 Italian Abducted in Syria
 [An Nahar] Russia said Tuesday that two of its nationals along with an Italian steel worker had been kidnapped in Syria on a motorway from the port city of Tartus."By all appearances, they are Russians," Russian news agencies quoted Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov as saying on a visit to the Central Asia state of Uzbekistan. He added that Russia was undertaking "all the necessary steps both in Syria and other countries" to win the men's release. Russia's embassy in Damascus ...Capital of the last remaining Baathist regime in the world... had earlier confirmed that two of the country's workers had been kidnapped together with a man identified by the Italian media as Mario Belluomo. "Two Russians and an Italian were kidnapped on the road linking Tartus to Homs," the front man of the Russian embassy in Damascus Sergei Markov told state television ... and if you can't believe state television who can you believe? Neither the two Russians' identity nor the circumstances of the abduction were released. The Russian embassy noted however that all three men worked for a privately-owned Syrian factory in Tartus, Interfax reported. It was not immediately clear when the abduction occurred. Russia remains one of Syrian regime's last major ally and has shielded Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad Supressor of the Damascenes... from U.N. sanctions aimed at punishing him for his use of heavy force against his armed resistance. Posted by: Fred 2012-12-19 |
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