Sister of Brit missing along with pal in the Italian mountains since New Years Day says she is 'desperate' for news as Italian rescuers scour remote hiking trails - and video of friends preparing for

The sister of a British man missing in the Italian mountains since New Year's Day has said she is 'desperate' for news. Miriam Ziriat's brother Aziz, 36, and his friend Samuel Harris, 35, were hiking in the Dolomites mountains in northeastern Italy on January 1, but they haven't been seen or heard from since 2.20pm that day. Aziz Ziriat, 36, and Sam Harris, 35, were hiking in the Dolomites mountains in northeastern Italy on January 1, but they haven't been seen or heard from since Their family and friends got concerned when the two hikers missed their flights back to Britain on January 6 and alerted Italian authorities, who launched an urgent search Your browser does not support iframes. Ziriat, who works for Crystal Palace's Palace for Life foundation, and Harris' last known location is believed to be near a hut called Casina Dosson which is near the town Tione Di Trento, near Riva del Garda, on Lake Garda. It comes after MailOnline revealed the two missing British men snapped footage revealing their plans to scale 3,000-metre Italian mountains on New Year's Day before they vanished.