BEIRUT: Islamic Sate of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) have released 270 out of estimated 400 civilians who were kidnapped at the weekend when the terror group attacked Syrian government-held areas in the eastern city of Deir al-Zor.
Among the released civilians, most of them were women and children.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, ISIS rounded up another 50 men on Tuesday during raids on houses in areas seized during four days of fighting in Deir al-Zor, the provincial capital.
Rami Abdulrahman, the Observatory’s head, said that the group has kept male prisoners between the ages of 14 and 55 for more questioning.
