BBC: Islamic State: Fears grow for abducted Syrian Christians
There are fears that more members of an Assyrian Christian community in north-eastern Syria were abducted by Islamic State militants than at first thought.
Sources in the community said as many as 200 people might have been seized on Monday in raids on a string of villages near Tal Tamr, in Hassakeh province.
Most of the captives were women, children and the elderly.
Some 1,000 local Assyrian families are believed to have fled their homes in the wake of the abductions.
Kurdish and Christian militia are battling IS in the area.
MIDDLE EAST
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ASIA
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AFRICA
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EUROPE
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AMERICAS
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ECONOMY/FINANCE/BUSINESS
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