[ISIS] …militants have kidnapped dozens of people from Christian villages in Syria, a human rights watchdog has said.
According to the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the militants stormed at least two villages, inhabited by the ancient Assyrian Christian minority, shortly after dawn, taking some 90 civilians captive.
Nuri Kino, the head of the activist group A Demand For Action, quoted villagers who fled the attacks as saying between 70 and 100 people are being held.
A number of children are understood to be among them.
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(Sky News) ISIS Abducts 90 Christians In Syria
[ISIS] …militants have kidnapped dozens of people from Christian villages in Syria, a human rights watchdog has said.
According to the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the militants stormed at least two villages, inhabited by the ancient Assyrian Christian minority, shortly after dawn, taking some 90 civilians captive.
Nuri Kino, the head of the activist group A Demand For Action, quoted villagers who fled the attacks as saying between 70 and 100 people are being held.
A number of children are understood to be among them.
Read it all.