British charity worker detained by HTS in Idlib
Tauqir Sharif was kidnapped by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham on Monday, according to a statement from his aid organization in northwest Syria.
A British aid worker who lives and works in northern Syria was abducted by the militant group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham on Monday, his organization said.
The charity organization Live Updates From Syria wrote on its Instagram page that Tauqir Sharif was “kidnapped tonight around 9:30 p.m. by HTS and taken to an unknown location.”
“Additionally, his wife and family are on house arrest and not allowed to leave — with militants standing outside of their home,” the group wrote.
Sharif was reportedly seized in Atmeh, a town near the Turkish border in northern Idlib province.
