At first, no alarm raised from Quirico’s silence since, as reported by his colleague and editor Mario Calabresi, Quirico used to keep himself in a low profile during his “journeys” without giving any news for several days. Nevertheless, his colleagues informed the Farnesina six days after and its Crisis Unit operated in secret for two weeks in order not to compromise the searching operations. 

The word of his missing was publically released on Monday 29, hoping to receive further useful information. Still, almost one week has elapsed without any news. 

While every single option is under examination, some newspapers believe Quirico was captured by Hezbollah, united to Syrian regime: as they reported referring to some intelligence sources, Quirico could have joined a group of rebels hostile to Assad, and the group could be attacked by Hezbollah and the journalist taken as a prisoner. Even though there are no concrete evidences supporting this theory, Rome Public Prosecutor has officially undertaken an enquiry suspecting that Quirico could have been kidnapped for terrorist purposes.

In the meantime the searching operations continue.

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