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Holly_Hobby

(3,033 posts) Mon Dec 17, 2012, 07:35 PM Dec 2012

Rumor: Richard Engel missing in Syria since Thursday

I hope this isn't true.



NBC News chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel has been missing in Syria since Thursday, according to Turkish news reports.

The reports also say that Aziz Akyavas, a Turkish journalist who has been working with Engel, is also unaccounted for. Gawker reports that NBC News had been keeping Engel's status subject to a news blackout at least since Sunday.

Hurriyet, a Turkish newspaper, reports that Engel and Akyavas were last known to be in Syria and haven't made contact with NBC News since Thursday morning. The news was picked up by several Turkish news outlets, including news channel NTV, which claims to be an international partner of MSNBC.

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http://omg.yahoo.com/news/nbc-news-richard-engel-missing-syria-since-thursday-222900280.html

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Rumor: Richard Engel missing in Syria since Thursday (Original Post) Holly_Hobby Dec 2012 OP
More bad news. What in the world is going on. dkf Dec 2012 #1
I wonder if he's been kidnapped.... monmouth3 Dec 2012 #2
That's what I'm thinking too, but I hope not. n/t Holly_Hobby Dec 2012 #3
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