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Jihadists of the Islamic State Organization abducted about thirty women and children from the Druze minority in Syria during an attack last week in Sueida province.
On July 25, jihadists launched a series of suicide attacks against the southern city of Sueida, the provincial capital, and other cities that claimed more than 250 lives. one of the most important balances since the beginning of the war. Syria in 2011, according to the Syrian Observatory of Human Rights (OSDH).
Leaving the attacked areas, the jihadists abducted "36 women and children," said Monday the OSDH. The NGO and a local news site, Sueida24, reported 20 women and 16 abducted children.
Only 30 women and children remain kidnapped, said the director of OSDH, Rami Abdel Rahman. "Four women managed to escape and two of them died, probably one of them was shot and the other died of fatigue", explains She was sued, 24 women and children were taken hostage in the city of Shabke. this one of the province of Sueida, at the doors of the desert.
They were taken to desert areas on the northeastern edges of the province, where the Islamic State is still active, said a local source.
Sueida is largely controlled by the Bashar al-Assad regime and dominated by the Druze minority. The province has largely avoided the conflict that is tearing the country apart.
Negotiations
Local sources told AFP that negotiations had begun with religious clerics from the Druze community, a confession derived from Shiite Islam.
"The Islamic State communicates by phone with the families of the abducted women, they send them photos and videos," told AFP reporter Nur Radwan, who directs Sueida 24.
Jihadists demand the release of detainees from their ranks, men and women, but also the cessation of the Damascus offensive against a group linked to Islamic State in the neighboring province of Deraa, according to Radwan.
Sueida24 published a video presented as showing one of the hostages, demanding concessions from the regime
AFP could not authenticate the video, but the residents of Sueida have identified there the victim. He confirmed that he was part of the kidnapped people
In Shabke "the majority are farmers who only have hunting rifles, so there was little resistance" in the offensive launched on July 25, according to Radwan. Islamic State did not mention this kidnapping or broadcast videos on its communication platforms.
In addition, "17 men from the region are still missing," said Rahman.
Jihadist Crimes The Islamic State, which stormed the scene of the war in 2014 by taking in vast areas of Syria and Iraq, was expelled from all urban centers of both countries
. the organization retains certain areas under its control (less than 3% of the territory) but manages to carry out attacks.
During its occupation, jihadists committed terrible crimes (rapes, kidnappings, executions …)
In 2015, jihadists kidnapped more than 220 Assyrian Christians in northeastern Syria . They were then released in batches, according to the OSDH
In Iraq, thousands of women and adolescents, especially the Yezidi minority, have suffered horrific abuses from jihadists, according to the OSDH
UN
In the province of Deraa, regime forces continued their advance in the last sector controlled by a group linked to the Islamic State according to the official Sana agency.
The complex war in in Syria is still more than 350,000 dead.
Source: AFP
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