Qaeda rebels seize 120 Syrian Kurds near Turkish border-watchdog


  • World
  • Saturday, 14 Dec 2013

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Islamist rebels linked to al Qaeda kidnapped at least 120 Kurdish civilians on Friday from a village near the Turkish border in Aleppo province, a monitoring group said.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) fighters entered Ihras, 20 km (12 miles) south of the border town of Azaz, and took the captives, including at least six women, to an unknown location.

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