Off the wire
• Woman gets 6 years for pyramid scheme  • FLASH: ISLAMIC STATE CAPTURES AT LEAST 400 CIVILIANS IN ATTACKS ON SYRIA'S DEIR AL-ZOR CITY SATURDAY: MONITOR  • AIIB concludes inaugural Board of Governors meeting  • Chinese luxury shoppers increasingly turning online: KPMG  • 2nd LD: Iranian president hails lift of U.S., EU sanctions  • 12 dead, scores suffer from cold, fever in mid-western Nepal: local media  • Indian PM becomes 2nd most followed in India on Twitter  • Chinese crowdfunding on rise amid start-up boom  • 1 civilian killed in southern Afghan blast  • Central China lake welcomes more migratory birds  
You are here: 　 Home

Urgent: IS militants kidnap 400 people in Syria's Deir al-Zour

Xinhua, January 17, 2016 Adjust font size:

The Islamic State (IS) militant group kidnapped a total of 400 people from a town its militants had stormed in Syria's eastern province of Deir al-Zour, pan-Arab al-Mayadeen TV reported on Sunday. Enditem