Christian Chesnot is the subject or is mentioned in the following stories:
Tally: Foreign hostages held captive or missing in Iraq
About 30 foreigners seized since the hostage crisis began in April last year remain missing. Militant groups have announced the killing of more than 30 foreign hostages but in some cases the authenticity of their claims has been questioned.
Regional Roundups
A summary of news from around the region.
Egypt Briefs
A collection of short summaries of news and events in Egypt.
Murder of hostage Hassan condemned amid Iraq violence
The suspected murder of British aid worker Margaret Hassan in Iraq was widely condemned in Iraq as a wave of unrest across Sunni Muslim hotspots killed more than 20 people, many of them women and children. Amid the continued violence, mor
Jailed militant says ‘free hostages’
A jailed leader of Egypt’s militant Jihad group has appealed for the immediate release of two French hostages being held by insurgents in Iraq, his lawyer said.
France hears news on hostages
The militant Islamic Army in Iraq (IAI), which had claimed to be holding two French journalists hostage, said it has ended its detention of the two.
Brothers condemn kidnap of Frenchmen
Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood condemned the abduction of two French journalists in Iraq and said it was in no way justified by the campaign to end the ban on the Islamic headscarf in French schools.
Arabs, Muslims rush to aid France
The Islamic Army of Iraq – a hitherto shadowy group which claims to have kidnapped two French journalists in Iraq – must be wondering what went wrong.
Hope for kidnapped French reporters; Iraq’s northern oil exports halted
France held its breath Friday for two of its reporters kidnapped in Iraq, while the war-torn countrys ailing economy was dealt a massive blow after a key export pipeline suffered its biggest post-war attack.
