Assyrian Christian villages in northeastern Syriathey had raided,
Christian Syrian activists said on Tuesday. Reutershave more:
A Syrian Christian group representing several NGOs inside and outside
the country said it had verified at least 150 people missing,
including women and the elderly, who had been kidnapped by the
militants. "We have verified at least 150 people who have been
adducted from sources on the ground," Bassam Ishak, president of the
Syriac National Council of Syria, whose family itself is from Hasaka,
told Reuters from Amman.
Earlier the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said 90
were abducted when the militants carried out dawn raids on rural
villages inhabited by the ancient Christian minority west of Hasaka, a
city mainly held by the Kurds.
The United States condemned the attacks in Hasaka and called for the
immediate and unconditional release of the civilians taken captive.
The State Department said hundreds of others remain trapped in
villages surrounded by Islamic State fighters in violence that has
displaced more than 3,000 people.
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