Serbian Embassy

The deaths of two Serbian embassy staffers in Libya took place against the backdrop of attempts of the West to pull that same Serbia into NATO.

Two Serbian embassy staff members abducted in Libya in November are believed to have been killed on Feb. 19 in U.S. air strikes on a suspected Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) training camp, Serbia's foreign minister said on Feb. 20.

"We are united in grief after the death of our compatriots... Their bodies will be brought to Serbia late on Monday," Vucic told a press conference Saturday.

Serbian PM blamed Ahmed Abashi, a Libyan smuggler, for the kidnapping of two Serbian embassy officials.

Vucic also called on the remaining 250 Serbs to leave Libya immediately.

Snipers of foreign nationality have been killed fighting for the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in Southeast Anatolia against government forces, Turkish officials have claimed.

A Serbian sniper of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) was killed while another was captured alive, daily Vatan has reported, while claiming at least five other hit men are currently operating in southeastern Turkey. 

Reports indicate that a sniper of Serbian nationality was captured dead during an operation in southeastern ??rnak's Cizre province on Jan. 29. 

The Serbian embassy has reacted to reports in Turkish media about the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) allegedly using Serbian snipers "in terrorist attacks."

The embassy said it expects to receive official information about the allegations, adding that "Serbia is against its citizens engaging in foreign conflicts."

The Serbian embassy has demanded official information from Turkish authorities over claims a Serbian sniper was arrested during ongoing operations in the country's southeast. 

There is no information that Serbian embassy employees kidnapped in Libya are in the hands of Islamic State, a Ministry of Foreign Affairs official has said.

Veljko Odalovic spoke for state broadcaster RTS late on Thursday to say that Serbian authorities are in contact with those in Tripoli, "and are receiving guarantees from there that the kidnapped Serbians are alive."

Two Serbian citizens kidnapped in Libya earlier this month are both alive, PM Aleksandar Vucic said on Wednesday.

Serbian embassy employees Sladjana Stankovic and Jovica Stepic were taken from a convoy of vehicles in the town of Sabratha on November 8.

Two employees of the Serbian embassy were kidnapped in Libya on Sunday "by mistake," a Belgrade daily is quoting unofficial information.