10 Journalists Who Are Missing In Syria

Al Kadumi is a Jordanian national of Palestinian origin. He worked for a U.S.-based television news channel called Al-Hurra.

On Aug. 20, Al Kadumi was kidnapped after crossing into Syria from Turkey.

Edouard Elias is a photographer who worked for Agence France-Presse in Syria alongside French photographer Olivier Voisin, who died in Turkey after being injured in Syria on Feb. 24.

Elias then began working for French radio station Europe 1.

The photojournalist was reportedly abducted on June 6 by four armed men while traveling to Aleppo in Syria.

Didier Francois worked as an investigative reporter for Libération before joining Europe 1.

He was kidnapped alongside Elias as the two journalists made their way to Aleppo on June 6; in July French officials said they believed the two men were still alive.

Veteran Spanish war correspondent Marc Marginedas was kidnapped by insurgents near the city of Hama in western Syria on Sept. 4., 2012, his newspaper El Periodico reported.

"According to various sources, Marginedas was traveling by car with his driver when they were intercepted by jihadi combatants," an article in the newspaper reported.

There has been no contact with him since his abduction.

Samir Kassab is a cameraman for Sky News Arabia, who lost contact with its crew on assignment in Syria on Oct. 15.

Kassab (along with Sky News correspondent Ishak Moctar) is thought to have gone missing north of Aleppo.

A reporter for Sky News Arabia, Ishak Mokhtar was kidnapped on Oct. 15 with Samir Kassab while the two were working near Aleppo.

Nicholas Henin is a journalist and TV correspondent who specializes in reporting from conflict zones and hostile environments.

Henin was documenting municipal elections in the northeast city of Raqqa for Le Point Magazine, where he had worked for 10 years, when he was taken hostage on June 22.

In his Twitter bio he describes himself as an "optimistic revolutionnary" who is "always up for a cup of coffee."

Pierre Torres was kidnapped with Nicholas Henin on June 22. He was reporting for French-German television channel Arte. Their disappearance was not made public until Oct. 9.

Austin Tice was working as a freelance journalist for the The Washington Post and satellite news channel Al-Jazeera English when he disappeared on Aug. 14, 2012, while working in Damascus.

On Aug. 14, 2013, Tice's family posted a statement on their website.

"It has been 365 days since we last heard from our precious son, beloved brother, adored uncle, and faithful friend, Austin," it says. "None of us want to place special significance on this date because we know that every one of those days has been unimaginably challenging for Austin."

Tice's Twitter bio reads: "#USMC infantry vet, #Georgetown Law stdnt, freelance #journalist. Currently in #Syria"