Negotiations have been ongoing
at various levels in Syria and outside the country for the
liberation of Father Paolo Dall'Oglio, an Italian Jesuit priest
who went missing in the north of the country in July, for
several months, ANSA sources said Monday.
The sources close to the negotiations, who asked to remain
anonymous, said that "there was comforting news about Dall'Oglio
being alive" two weeks ago.
But they also stressed that "there can be no certainty
about this, given the difficulty in penetrating the organisation
that is keeping him prisoner".
The sources added that Dall'Oglio is being held in northern
Syria by a branch of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
(ISIS), an al-Qaeda-linked group led by fighters from Iraq and
other countries.
The Italian foreign ministry said Monday that it was
maintaining "maximum confidentiality" about the case.
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