Five members of Médecins Sans Frontières kidnapped by unknown Syrian group

According to abc.net.au, five staff members from Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) have been taken from a house in northern Syria by an unknown group, the medical humanitarian group said in a statement. MSF, also known as Doctors Without Borders, has six hospitals and four health centres in northern Syria and

provides health support from neighbouring countries to within Syria as well as to Syrian refugees. The group did not specify the nationality of the staff, their roles, or which group took them, but said it was “in contact with all the relevant stakeholders” and trying to re-establish contact with the staff. Read article