Over 90 Christians abducted by ISIS militants in Syria
February 24, 2015 _ 12:46 PM.
Source : AP
Two activist groups say ISIS militants have abducted at least 90 Assyrians after overrunning several villages in northeastern Syria.
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Two activist groups say ISIS militants have abducted at least 90 Assyrians after overrunning several villages in northeastern Syria.
Nuri Kino, the head of the activist group ”A Demand For Action” that focuses on religious minorities in the Middle East, says the ISIS fighters are holding between 70 and 100 captive, most of them from the Christian Assyrian village of Tal Shamiram, AP reports.
Kino said Tuesday his group based its information on conversations with villagers who fled the onslaught and their relatives.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights put the number of Assyrian captives at 90.
Tal Shamiram is located some 85 kilometers (50 miles) southwest of the Hassakeh provincial capital of Qamishli. ISIS fighters overran Tal Shamiram and other nearby Assyrian villages on Monday.
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