The two were working near the Sunni insurgent hotspot of Ramadi, reports al-Arabiya.

Here's an excerpt of the Associated Press story carried on globeandmail.com:

The Arabic-language satellite network said the two were kidnapped Feb. 15, and both were working for an Indonesian television station.

The Indonesian Foreign Ministry said in a statement it had received the information from the journalists' driver, Al-Arabiya reported. No other details were immediately available.

Ramadi, about 110 kilometres west of Baghdad, has been a centre of insurgent activity in Iraq and the scene of frequent clashes between U.S. forces, their Iraqi allies and militants.

The journalists were among more than 190 foreigners who've been abducted in Iraq in the past year. At least 13 foreigners remain in the hands of their captors, more than 30 were killed and the rest were freed or escaped.

The last journalist kidnapped in Iraq was Giuliana Sgrena, a reporter for the newspaper Il Manifesto who was abducted on Feb. 4 in broad daylight by gunmen in Baghdad. She appeared in a video delivered anonymously to Associated Press Television News on Wednesday begging for her life and warning foreigners — including journalists — to leave the country.

Another freelance Italian journalist, Enzo Baldoni, was reported missing in mid-August and reported killed Aug. 26.

French journalist Florence Aubenas, who works for the daily newspaper Liberation, disappeared Jan. 5 after she left her Baghdad hotel.