Alan Henning Colleague Appeals For Release

A friend and colleague of British hostage Alan Henning has appealed for Islamic State militants to release the former taxi driver.

Dr Shaleema Islam-Zulfiqar travelled to Syria with Mr Henning in December last year as part of a convoy delivering aid to Syrian citizens.

Speaking to Sky News, she made a direct plead for the 47-year-old's release: "Please let him go and release him back to us - to his family and his friends."

Mr Henning had volunteered to drive an ambulance full of medical supplies as part of the charity trip, which was organised by the Bolton and the UK Arab Society.

The group planned to transport life-saving medical equipment to a hospital in Idlib, in northwestern Syria.

It is believed Mr Henning was abducted in al Dana, a town 24 miles from Aleppo, by IS shortly after arriving in the country.

Dr Shaleema Islam-Zulfiqar has appealed for Mr Henning's release

Dr Shaleema Islam-Zulfiqar she feels UK authorities "haven't been there to support" members of the charity group affected by the kidnapping.

"It's noted that the Government really haven't been there to support us," she said.

"There was nothing from the UK authorities to support the fact that we had a team member that had been taken (and) detained.

"We didn't know where he was and we didn't know what had happened to him.

"Now, I appreciate that there are sensitivities around the issue and the government has to be seen to be doing something behind the scenes.

"But we had nothing, no idea what had happened to Alan until that video aired last Saturday evening."

Mr Henning was part of a convoy taking aid supplies to Syria

Her comments followed a renewed plea from Mr Henning's wife Barbara.

In a statement released through the Foreign Office she described her husband as a "peaceful, selfless" man.

"Alan is a peaceful, selfless man who left his family and his job as a taxi driver in the UK to drive in a convoy all the way to Syria with his Muslim colleagues and friends to help those most in need," she said.

"When he was taken he was driving an ambulance full of food and water to be handed out to anyone in need.

"His purpose for being there was no more and no less. This was an act of sheer compassion.

"I cannot see how it could assist any state's cause to allow the world to see a man like Alan dying.

"I have been trying to communicate with the Islamic State and the people holding Alan. I have sent some really important messages but they have not been responded to.

"I pray that the people holding Alan respond to my messages and contact me before it is too late.

"When they hear this message I implore the people of Islamic State to see it in their hearts to release my husband Alan Henning."

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