Paris trial begins over 2013 Islamic State kidnappings of Westerners in Syria

Mehdi Nemmouche at his trial for the 2014 terrorist attack at the Jewish Museum in Brussels. AFP

A landmark trial opens Monday at a Paris court in which five men stand accused of Islamic State kidnappings in Syria more than 10 years ago, when seven Western hostages were taken, including four French journalists.

Among the accused is Frenchman Mehdi Nemmouche, who is currently serving a life sentence for the deadly attack on the Jewish Museum in Brussels in 2014.