The ISIS Hostage (2016)

Foreigners Held Captive by ISIS

The following list refers to prisoners mentioned in this book. The stated profession indicates what the person in question was doing in Syria when the kidnapping took place. The dates are in some instances approximate and as accurate as can be, due to the nature of the hostage situation.

Daniel Rye, photographer, Denmark

Kidnapped 17 May 2013; released 19 June 2014

Didier François, journalist, France

Kidnapped 6 June 2013; released 19 April 2014

Edouard Elias, photographer, France

Kidnapped 6 June 2013; released 19 April 2014

James Foley, journalist, United States

Kidnapped 22 November 2012; killed 19 August 2014

John Cantlie, journalist, United Kingdom

Kidnapped 22 November 2012; still in captivity

Nicolas Hénin, journalist, France

Kidnapped 22 June 2013; released 19 April 2014

Pierre Torres, journalist, France

Kidnapped 22 June 2013; released 19 April 2014

David Haines, aid worker, United Kingdom

Kidnapped 12 March 2013; killed 13 September 2014

Federico Motka, aid worker, Italy

Kidnapped 12 March 2013; released 26 May 2014

Steven Sotloff, journalist, United States

Kidnapped 4 August 2013; killed 31 August 2014

Javier Espinosa, journalist, Spain

Kidnapped 16 September 2013; released 30 March 2014

Marc Marginedas, journalist, Spain

Kidnapped 4 September 2013; released 25 February 2014

Peter Kassig, aid worker, United States

Kidnapped 1 October 2013; killed 16 November 2014

Ricardo Vilanova, photographer, Spain

Kidnapped 16 September 2013; released 30 March 2014

Toni Neukirch, aid worker, Germany

Kidnapping date unknown; released 19 June 2014

Alan Henning, aid worker, United Kingdom

Kidnapped 26 December 2013; killed 3 October 2014

Sergey Gorbunov, unknown, Russia

Kidnapping date unknown; killed March 2014

Kayla Mueller, aid worker, United States

Kidnapped 4 August 2013; killed 6 February 2015

Dan, Médecins Sans Frontières, Denmark, and an unnamed colleague, Belgium

Kidnapped 2 January 2014; released 14 May 2014

Three unnamed women, Médecins Sans Frontières

Kidnapped 2 January 2014; released 4 April 2014

An unnamed woman

Name and nationality may not be published; her whereabouts are unknown as of March 2016.