ISIS militants kidnap 90 Assyrian Christians from Syria

#ISIS #Hasaka #AssyrianChristians #Syria It has been reported by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHM) that Islamic State militants have kidnapped nearly 90 people from Christian villages in Syria and some of the abducted are children as reported in news.sky.com dated 24 February 2015. These abductions have come soon after the reported beheading of 21 Christians by the ISIS in Libya.
As per information, the militants had stormed at least two villages that were inhabited by ancient Assyrian Christians and Nuri Kino, the head of the activist group A Demand For Action has quoted villagers who fled the attacks as saying that nearly 100 people are being held.
The raids happened outside the town of Tel Hmar in Hasaka province – this is a region divided between IS and Kurdish control and is close to the Turkish and Iraqi border. The Kurdish troops, backed by US-led airstrikes, have proved to be effective in the fight against IS, which seized large swathes of Syria and Iraq last year. The Kurdish troops have targeted militants in Hasaka in the last few days.
Syria's SANA state news agency has reported that IS overran seven villages which led hundreds of people to flee.

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