Three Spanish journalists released in Siria

Spanish journalists Antonio Pampliega, Jose Manuel Lopez and Angel Sastre, who had been kidnapped in Aleppo (Syria) since October of the last year, have been released, according to government sources. All three are safe and are now in Turkey, where the Spanish authorities have already sent a plane to facilitate their repatriation.

The same sources have also reported that the release of the journalists had taken place few hours ago and the Prime Minister, Soraya Saenz de Santamaria, has already contacted with them. She has also suggested that the release has been possible thanks to the work of many public servants and the collaboration of allied and friendly countries, mainly in the finals from Turkey and Qatar.

The last time that the authorities had contact with  them was on 12 July 2015. They were in the city of Aleppo, under control of Al-Nusra Front, the Syrian branch of Al Qaeda. The three journalists, who worked as a freelancer (self-employed), had entered in Syria from Turkey only two days before.

The zone where the journalist disappeared had been the scene of heavy fighting. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported shortly before the trail Pampliega, Lopez and Sastre were lost, that at least 11 journalists more were killed.

One of the journalist that had been rescued, Antonio Pampliega, owns a very interesting blog (https://unmundoenguerra.wordpress.com/). Pampliega, since 2008, is dedicated to cross the world of war and in this blog, he writes about the experiences, the interviews that he had with people around the world, … in that way, this blog becomes a way of show us “the other part of the world”, a world in war that also exist and where the line between life and death is governed by a Kalashnikov bang; as Pampliega says, “this blog is our eyes for reveal truths that remain dormant and is the voice of the people who don’t have one”.

So in this blog, you can join the journalist for this world of wars that almost have no place in media, he has made possible to accommodate all those forgotten conflicts and rescue from oblivion all who had suffered because of the war and have given voice to them for tell their stories.