Jihadists hold 200 Syria Kurds hostage, report JULY 31, 2013 Jihadist groups linked to Al-Qaeda have taken hostage around 200 Kurdish civilians after violent clashes with Kurdish fighters in two villages of eastern Syria, according to a report by AFP. “Fighters of Al-Nusra Front and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant have seized control of Tall Aren village in Aleppo province and are laying siege to another village nearby, Tall Hassel. They have taken hostage around 200 civilians from the inhabitants of the two villages,” said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. According to reports the main reason behind the fighting between the kurds and the Jihadists is the control over the Syrian oil. The battle for oil started when the Kurds announced their intention to establish a transitional administration that would control — once its foundations were set — the major oil fields of Rmeilan and Suwaidiyah in northeastern Syria. yalibnan/2013/07/31/jihadists-hold-200-syria-kurds-hostages-report/
Posted on: Thu, 01 Aug 2013 05:49:49 +0000
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