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Syria ‘will do best’ to save captured Japanese

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Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad said Aug. 25 his country will do its best to save the life of a Japanese man believed to have been captured earlier in August in northern Syria by the extremist Islamic State militant group.

In what is believed to be the first comment on the incident by a senior Syrian official, Mekdad told Kyodo News: “We promise to do our best to see if we can save the life of this person. We shall do our best.” Mekdad said Damascus doesn’t know whether Haruna Yukawa is still alive. (Kyodo)

シリア政府、拘束された日本人救出に協力を約束

シリアで湯川遥菜さんと見られる日本人男性がイスラム過激派組織に拘束された事件で、シリア政府は８月25日、湯川さん救出のために最善を尽くすと述べた。

The Japan Times ST: September 5, 2014