The U.S. embassy in Rome has confirmed that the Obama Administration will pay $1.32 million to the family of Giovanni Lo Porto, an Italian worker who was being held hostage by al Qaeda at the time of his death,The Guardian reported on Friday.
The U.S. will make a “condolence payment” to Lo Porto’s family, after acknowledging that Lo Porto, 37, was killed accidentally by a U.S. drone strike in Pakistan as part of a counter-terrorism mission in 2015. – READ MORE
