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The Islamic State (ISIL) have released 21 Assyrian Christians abducted during an offensive against Kurdish fighters in the northeastern Hasakah governate following “ISIL court” order in the Syrian town of Al-Shadadi.
The Assyrian Network for Human Rights said that the 21 hostages, that are part of the more than 250 people that were taken by group in the village of Al-Khabour, were released on Sunday after two days of negotiations.
“We do not have accurate information about their conditions about the rest, but we do know that they have been dispersed in several houses controlled by ISIL,” Osama Edward, director of the Assyrian Network for Human Rights, told Al Jazeera about the remaining hostages.
The Assyrians arrived at a church in the northeast city of Hasakah, which is under government control.