Father Dall'Oglio alive (in Middle East)- report - English

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Father Dall'Oglio alive - report - General News - Ansa.it

Father Paolo Dall'Oglio, an Italian Jesuit priest who was kidnapped in Syria in 2013, is alive and in being held in one of the pockets of territory still controlled by ISIS, The Times reported on Thursday citing Kurdish sources. (ANSA)

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Father Dall’Oglio alive - report​

ISIS using Italian priest as ‘bargaining chip’ - The Times​

(ANSA) - Rome, February 7 - Father Paolo Dall’Oglio, an Italian Jesuit priest who was kidnapped in Syria in 2013, is alive and in being held in one of the pockets of territory still controlled by ISIS, The Times reported on Thursday citing Kurdish sources.
The British daily said that the extremist Islamist group is using Dall’Oglio and two other Western hostages, British journalist John Cantlie and a nurse from New Zealand, as “bargaining chips” in negotiations with with the US-backed Kurdish-Arab forces surrounding them.

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Desperate Isis using British hostage John Cantlie as bargaining chip, say Kurds

The fates of John Cantlie and two other western hostages missing for years in Syria are part of Islamic State negotiations to escape annihilation in one of its last pockets of territory, senior Kurdish officials have told The Times.Isis is seeking a deal with US-backed Kurdish-Arab forces surroundin

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Isis is seeking a deal with US-backed Kurdish-Arab forces surrounding them, asking for safe passage in return for the release of hostages they claim to have. These include the British journalist, an Italian priest, Paolo Dall’Oglio, 64, and another westerner. The three were seized separately in the early days of the terrorist group’s ascent to power.

Just what this article says, ISIS claims they have 3 hostages including a priest, ,Father Paolo Dall’Oglio and are offering to release them for safe passage. See article for details, the Times does have a pay wall but one can read what they have in the excerpt.

That he is still alive is not confirmed:

https://www.ansamed.info/ansamed/en/news/nations/syria/2019/02/07/kurdish-forces-not-aware-father-dalloglio-alive-spokesman_6e09daee-531b-421c-8cbf-82f90efdb570.html