BEIRUT/GENEVA (Reuters) - Four of seven aid workers abducted in Syria have been freed, the Red Cross said on Monday, but there was no word on the fate of the rest of the group whose kidnapping highlights the risk to continuing humanitarian work in a country fragmented by war.
Robert Mardini, head of ICRC operations for the Near and Middle East, said in a tweet the four were "safe and sound" after their abduction on Sunday.
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