1st LD: al-Qaida militants kidnap 300 Syrian Kurds
Xinhua, April 6, 2015 Adjust font size:
The al-Qaida-linked Nusra Front group has kidnapped as many as 300 Syrian Kurds in the northwestern province of Idlib, the pan-Arab al-Mayadeen TV reported Monday.
Children were among those snatched from the town of Dana in the countryside of Idlib, said the report, spelling no further details.
Meanwhile, Kurdish activists said the kidnapped Kurds were traveling by buses to the northern province of Aleppo and to the capital Damascus, adding that the buses were cut off by the Nusra fighters in the countryside of Idlib.
The account of the Kurdish activists could not be independently verified amid a scarcity of information emerging from the Idlib countryside.
The Nusra Front and allied militants captured the entire city of Idlib late last month, making it the second provincial capital to fall out of the government control since the Islamic State (IS) group captured the entire city of al-Raqqa around two years ago. Endit