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Syrian Islamic-Jihadists from Al Nusra group linked
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December 5, 2013
BEIRUT,— Islamic-jihadists in northern
Syria have kidnapped more than 50 Kurds in the past
three days, in the second such case of mass
hostage-taking since July, a monitoring group said
Thursday.
The kidnappings come months into major battles for
control of several parts of northern Syria that have
pitted Kurdish fighters against jihadists, chiefly
the Islamic State of Iraq and Sham (ISIS).
"In the past three days, ISIS has kidnapped at least
51 Kurds in the towns of Minbej and Jarablus," said
the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
Among the hostages were nine children and a woman,
said the Britain-based group, adding that there was
no information on where they had been taken.
Minbej and Jarablus are located in Aleppo province,
which is home to a Kurdish minority.
The kidnappings come weeks after Kurdish fighters
further east, in the Kurdish region [western
Kurdistan],www.Ekurd.net
expelled jihadists after battles that lasted
several months.
In response, the jihadists have imposed a siege
on Kurdish areas of Aleppo, where Kurdish fighters
are weaker, said Observatory director Rami Abdel
Rahman.
In July, ISIS kidnapped some 200 Kurdish civilians
from the Kurdish towns of Tal Aran and Tal Hassel
also in Aleppo province. Only a few of those
hostages have since been released, the Observatory
says.
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