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Name and nationality may not be published; her whereabouts are unknown as of March 2016.