IS jihadists kidnap 90 Christians in Syria: monitor

 

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Beirut (AFP) - Jihadists from the Islamic State group have kidnapped at least 90 Assyrian Christians in northeast Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Wednesday.

The Britain-based monitor said the abductions took place on Tuesday after IS seized two Assyrian villages from Kurdish forces in the province of Hassakeh.