Alan Henning
آلان هينينغ
Biography
Alan Henning was a British taxi driver and volunteer humanitarian aid worker from Eccles, Salford, who traveled to Syria on a charity aid convoy organized by the Rochdale Aid4Syria group in December 2013. He was captured by ISIS at the Syrian border while delivering food and medical supplies. He was held for approximately 10 months. ISIS released a video on October 3, 2014, showing his execution — the fourth Western hostage killed by the organization that year, following James Foley, Steven Sotloff, and David Haines. His execution was particularly shocking to British communities because he was known to many Muslims in his hometown, who had traveled with him, vouched for him, and pleaded with ISIS to release him on the grounds that he was a genuine friend of Muslims. ISIS ignored these appeals. He was 47 years old.