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AINA
2015-02-28
04:31 GMT
(AINA) -- Prominent Arab sheiks met with
Assyrian leaders and clergy in Hasaka today to discuss the plight of the
Assyrians captured by ISIS, whose number is between 262 and 373. The sheiks are
mediating negotiations between ISIS and Assyrian leaders for the release of the
captives. According to Assyrian leaders, no Assyrians have been killed, but
there are reports that ISIS has executed at least 12 Assyrian fighters who were
captured, two of them women.
Nine
Assyrian fighters died defending their villages in the initial attacks.
On
Tuesday ISIS attacked the Assyrian villages of Tel Goran, Tel Hurmiz, Tel
Tamar, Tel Baloaa Tel Shamiran, Tel Riman, Tel Nasra, Tel Khareta, Tel Jazira,
Tel Fweidat, Qaber Shamiyeh and Abu Tena.
The
majority of the Assyrians were captured from Tel Shamiran, Tel Hurmiz, Tel
Goran and Tel Jazira (AINA 2015-02-26).
Nearly
3000 Assyrians have fled from the 35 Assyrian villages on the Khabur river to
Hasaka and Qamishli. There is a critical need for shelter for the refugees.
Danya Seno, killed in the initial attacks on Assyrian villages in Syria by ISIS.
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