Sentence examples for information about hostages from inspiring English sources

At the time, U.S. government policy was to keep information about hostages strictly secret, for privacy reasons; and yet Diane and Nancy were immensely relieved to learn of another family searching for a son in Syria.

The goal was to gain intelligence about IS operations and any information about hostages, including American citizens, who were held by the group, according to Bernadette Meehan, spokeswoman for the U.S. National Security Council.

Editors in New York would have wanted to discuss if The Times should break news about the captured Israeli soldier's family ties in any case, as the paper has policies in place that require careful consideration of the circumstances before we release information about hostages.

Wicker recalls how, trying to convey information about the hostages to their families and the press, he was, understandably, met by rage.

The details of the desert standoff and the final battle for the plant remained murky on Saturday night — as did information about which hostages died and how — with even the White House suggesting that it was unclear what had happened.

Mr. Chávez, with the help of a Colombian lawmaker assisting him in the talks, had telephoned General Montoya on Wednesday to ask for information about the hostages, despite a request from Mr. Uribe to refrain from direct contact with high-ranking military officials, the government here said in a statement.

The previously unknown group, which calls itself the Zawahiri Loyalists, apparently after Ayman al-Zawahiri, the Egyptian doctor who is believed to be the second in command of Al Qaeda, said it would "give a little information about the Italian female hostages," if its demand was met.

Seeking to take advantage of the vacuum of information about the fate of hostages and other key questions, Shabab also posted a series of tweets Wednesday that accused Kenyan forces of toppling the building.

And though the Carter White House had offered to share information about efforts to end the Iranian hostage crisis, Mr. Powell said, "My impression was that they wanted us to handle it without them being involved enough to have to take responsibility for whatever happened".

All foreign governments with citizens at risk were still scrambling for basic information about the missing as they ferried escaped hostages out of the country on military aircraft and urged Algeria to use restraint.

The entire time we were worried about hostages".