Islamic State Has Launched A Massive Campaign To Kidnap Christians

Sydney Morning Herald: Islamic State now holding 250 Christians in Syria: activists

The number of Christians abducted by the Islamic State in northeastern Syria has risen to more than 250, activists said on Thursday.

The Sweden-based Assyrian Network for Human Rights in Syria said it has documented the number through local organisations and its own observers.

Earlier Thursday, the United Kingdom-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights put the number at more than 220 and said the civilians were kidnapped from 11 villages near the town of Tal Tamr over the past three days by the militants, who control vast swaths of Syria and Iraq.

WNU Editor: I suspect that the numbers are even more higher than what is being reported.

More News On Reports That The Islamic State Has Launched A Massive Campaign To Kidnap Christians

Activist: ISIS now holds 262 Christians hostages in Syria -- CNN
Activists: Islamic State group now holding 220 Christians in Syria -- Washington Post/USA Today
More Assyrian Christians Captured as ISIS Attacks Villages in Syria -- New York Times
ISIS abducts 220 Assyrian Christians -- Daily Mail/AFP
ISIL kidnapping underlines ‘grave peril’ of Assyrian Christians -- Al Jazeera
Air strikes hit area of Syria where Islamic State took Christians: monitor -- Reuters
Assyrians describe harrowing flight -- Gulf Times
Who are the Assyrian Christians under attack from Islamic State? -- Michael Holtz, CSM