The American government says it cannot confirm claims that a female American hostage has been killed in a coalition air strike in Syria.
The Islamic State group said on Friday that an American hostage had been killed by a Jordanian strike.
U.S. State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf told journalists in Washington DC that it was not possible to confirm the Islamic State claim, but she said America was doing everything it could to free hostages in the region.
IN: "We have said...
OUT: ...bring these people home"
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