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eissa

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Sat Feb 28, 2015, 03:35 PM Feb 2015

ISIS Set to Release 29 Assyrians

Source: CNN

(CNN)An ISIS court in northern Syria has ordered the release of 29 Assyrian Christian hostages among more than 200 captured by the Sunni extremist group, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Saturday, citing an Assyrian commander.

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It's not nearly all of them, but hopefully they will be returned safely. Hoping the remaining victims will also be released.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2015/02/28/world/isis-syria-iraq/index.html



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ISIS Set to Release 29 Assyrians (Original Post) eissa Feb 2015 OP
"ISIS court?" Archae Feb 2015 #1
They want to have all the trappings of a state. Comrade Grumpy Feb 2015 #2
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