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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Syria Rebels Pass on 13 Kidnapped Kurds to Jihadists
2013-08-12
[An Nahar] Syrian rebel fighters kidnapped 13 Kurds in the northern province of Aleppo on Sunday, turning them over to jihadist fighters already holding 250 kidnapped Kurds, an NGO said.
It might be time for the Saladin Boys Club to stage a little raidipoo.
Collecting heads or collecting hostages?
Yes.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the 13 were snatched at a roadblock in the Sfeira region of Aleppo and passed them on to al-Nusra Front, a jihadist group affiliated with al-Qaeda.

Al-Nusra and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS), another al-Qaeda-linked group operating in Syria, have kidnapped more than 250 Syrian Kurds since the end of July.

The majority were taken hostage as the two groups overran two Kurdish villages, Tall Aren and Tall Hassel, at the end of July.

Syria's Kurds have been battling jihadist fighters for months in northern and northeastern Syria, where the minority hopes to establish an autonomous zone.

The festivities have intensified since mid-July, when Kurdish fighters pushed jihadists out of the village of Ras al-Ain and its adjacent border crossing with Turkey.
Posted by:Fred

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