A BRITISH hostage kidnapped in Syria and threatened with death by brutal Islamic State (IS) militants may have been part of a Worcester-based charity's aid convoy when he was abducted.

Your Worcester News made attempts to contact the charity Al-Fatiha Global, based in Harrington Road, Dines Green, Worcester to see whether they had any information about the disappearance of former cab driver Alan Henning from Salford who was snatched while travelling with an aid convoy.

IS has already murdered British aid worker David Haines and two American journalists and

a masked murderer, known as “jihadi John” threatened to kill Mr Henning next if David Cameron did not heed Isis demands to stop military action against the group.

We emailed the charity and also visited the registered city address of the charity in a bid for answers about the abduction, dropping off a reporter's card containing his contact details. However, no-one had returned our calls either to confirm or deny the reports circulating about Mr Henning's reported links with the charity work of Al-Fatiha.

The Charity Commission confirmed the charity was still under investigation and engaging with trustees regarding a number of issues including 'the governance and financial management of the charity' but declined to comment on any of the reported links between the charity and Mr Henning.

Various media outlets have reported that Henning, 47, of Greater Manchester, took part in an overland aid convoy delivering supplies to refugees on the Syrian-Turkish border last year, and was kidnapped shortly after crossing into Syria at the end of last year.

The Islamic extremist group IS threatened to kill Henning in a video released on September 13. The UK government has said it cannot attempt to rescue him because it does not know where he is.

According to the national reports Henning drove to the area with an aid convoy variously reported as having been organised by Al-Fatiha Global or by the fundraising group Rochdale Aid 4 Syria, which raises money for Al-Fatiha and other charities.

The charity featured in the Worcester News in March after the family of Al-Fatiha Global charity worker Adeel Ali denied he was the man pictured in The Sun newspaper posing next to two men carrying AK 47 assault rifles and clad in military gear.

Robin Walker, MP for Worcester, said he did not wish to comment on the matter (the kidnap) until he had heard directly from the charity.

Nick Clegg has said people should not be 'too harsh' on Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond over his handling of the Islamic State (IS) terror crisis.

The Deputy Prime Minister defended his Cabinet colleague after he candidly revealed that British forces did not know where IS was holding hostages including Briton Alan Henning. Mr Hammond also caused confusion by appearing to rule out air strikes against IS in Syria, only to be overruled hours later by Downing Street.