Fears grow as IS 'seizes 220 Assyrian Christians'
Islamic State group jihadists have abducted 220 Assyrian Christians in northeastern Syria in recent days, a monitoring group said Thursday, as international concern grows for the minority group./ The kidnappings -- more than twice as many as previously reported -- have prompted thousands more Christians to flee their homes to avoid being captured by the Sunni Muslim extremists, activists said. "No fewer than 220 Assyrian citizens were abducted by IS over the past three days from 11 villages" in Hasakeh province, the Syrian Observatory for ...
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