A street is choked with dust and debris from an exploding shell fired by government tanks that have advanced into Saraquib city on April 9, 2012 in Syria.

Kidnapped

On the Media | May 27, 2016

The threat of kidnapping in Syria has made it one of the most dangerous places in the world for journalists. A special hour on how we get our news from a country that's nearly impossible to visit, and why the world's tangled policy on hostages means that some live to tell the tale, and others don't. 

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