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| Syrian Army frees 6 civilians from ISIS terrorists in southern Syria | |
| 2018-10-21 | |
| [ALMASDARNEWS] The Syrian Arab Army managed to free a half dozen civilians that were taken hostage by the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... (ISIS) in the al-Sweida Governorate in late August. According to a military report from the al-Sweida Governorate, the Syrian Army secured a deal with the Islamic State that would free six civilians in exchange for the wives of ten ISIS fighters. Among the six people released from the Islamic State’s captivity were two women and four children. Another two batches of kidnapped civilians from al-Sweida are expected to be released by the Islamic State in the next few days, a military source said on Saturday. At least another 16 other civilians from al-Sweida are still being held by ISIS in an undisclosed location in southern Syria.
State television broadcast footage of the six arriving in the city of Sweida on Saturday, joyful at being reunited with their families but haggard after their three-month ordeal. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britannia-based monitoring group, said their release was the first part of a deal that would see at least 60 IS prisoners released in exchange and a $27 million ransom paid. "Nine IS women prisoners held by the regime have already been handed over to the group along with seven children," Observatory chief Rami Abdel Rahman said. | |
| Posted by:Fred |