The Families Who Negotiated with ISIS – The New Yorker

The Secret Effort to Save the ISIS Hostages

The parents of five captives in Syria felt that the U.S. government had abandoned them. But they wouldn’t give up.

via The New Yorker: http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/07/06/five-hostages

Families whose children were held captive in Syria felt that U.S. officials had abandoned them. So they secretly joined forces.