NEWSFLASH: South African journalist Shiraaz Mohamed, kidnapped in January 2017, is shown alive in new video By Jonah Dylan
A new video shows abducted South African journalist Shiraaz Mohamed is alive, over two years after he was kidnapped in Syria.
Mohamed was kidnapped near the Gift of the Givers Ar Rahma Hospital in Darkoush, Syria in January 2017. According to the release, he’s a photojournalist who was documenting communities in Syria. He was accused of being a foreign spy. In the video, Mohamed says he fears for his life and that Russian airstrikes are moving closer and closer to his location.
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