Singer Katie Melua has revealed that she is worried about the safety of her mum and 16-year-old brother, who are currently in war-torn Georgia.
Melua has vowed that her birth country will always remain her "true home", The 24-year-old, was granted British citizenship in 2005.
Her family remain in the the south west Asian republic began fighting Russian-backed separatists in the breakaway region of South Ossetia. Melua said she fears that her uncle may be conscripted into the Georgian army, adding: "Whoever settled anything with war?"
A spokeswoman for the star, whose real name is Ketevan Melua, commented: "She is worried about her mum and brother being there."
Melua lived in Georgia, which was part of the former USSR, until she was eight years old.
