An Italian hostage was on his way home Wednesday after more than two years in captivity in Syria, where an unknown number of foreigners remain missing eight years into the country’s devastating war.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Former hostage Rom Braslavski meets with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, December 12, 2025. (photo credit: SECTION 27A ...

On Thursday, the Italian Foreign Ministry said their two companions, who were kidnapped with them last July in the north African country, had probably died in a firefight near the western Libyan city ...

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni met with former hostage Rom Braslavski in Rome at Chigi Palace, Italy's Presidency of the Council of Ministers announced on its website on Friday. Braslavski was ...