Nurse kidnapped by IS five years ago may be alive, Red Cross

Alaa Rajab (L), Louisa Akavi and Nabil Bakdoune were abducted in northwest Syria more than five years ago.

A New Zealand nurse believed abducted with two drivers by Islamic State militants in Syria in 2013 may still be alive, the International Committee of the Red Cross has revealed for the first time in an appeal for news of her whereabouts.

Louisa Akavi was snatched along with Syrian drivers Alaa Rajab and Nabil Bakdounes while travelling in a Red Cross convoy delivering supplies to Idlib, in the northwest of the country.