Journalist offers to intercede in kidnapping of British-born aid worker in Syria
British author and journalist Yvonne Ridley is offering to go to war-torn Syria in an effort to secure the release of Londoner Tauqir Sharif. The aid worker was kidnapped by the rebel group controlling Idlib, Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS). Ridley, who lives in Scotland, is understood to be in direct dialogue with the group in an attempt to break the deadlock between HTS and Sharif’s family, friends and supporters. “I am […]
