Italian Man Held Hostage in Syria Since 2016 Freed: Prime Minister

Italian Man Held Hostage in Syria Since 2016 Freed: Prime Minister
Sergio Zanotti in an ISIS ransom video.
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ROME—An Italian man held hostage in Syria since April 2016 has been freed and is returning home, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said on Friday.

Sergio Zanotti, a businessman from Brescia, was seized in southern Turkey near the Syrian border three years ago, his family said.