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The Kidnapped Yazidi Children Who Don't Want To Be Rescued From ISIS
Accounts of the wrenching scene, given by both Rasho and the girls, point to a new challenge confronting members of the Yazidi community as they try to trace nearly 3,000 Yazidis who remain unaccounted for after the territorial defeat of the terrorists.
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New Zealand Nurse Kidnapped By ISIS May Be Alive, Says Red Cross
A New Zealand nurse believed abducted with two drivers by ISIS terrorists in Syria in 2013 may still be alive, the International Committee of the Red Cross has revealed for the first time in an appeal for news of her whereabouts.
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Salvation Government Helps Argentinian Woman Leave Syria After Two Years
A 54-year-old Argentinian woman who was lured into war-wracked Syria two years ago on a marriage promise was finally on her way home on Saturday, a Syrian rebel official said. History teacher Nancy Roxana Papa had accepted the invitation of a Syrian man she had met online three years earlier and travelled to Turkey in 2016, before entering Syria.
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"Return My Husband Safe", Says Wife Of Japanese Journalist Held In Syria
The wife of a Japanese journalist kidnapped in Syria more than three years ago broke her silence Tuesday to plead for his release after he appeared in a hostage video.
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Actors Dressed As ISIS Militants Stormed Mall To Promote Film. Didn't End Well
The plan was to harmlessly promote "Damascus Time," a new film about an Iranian father and son who travel to Syria to deliver humanitarian supplies and then get kidnapped by the Islamic State. Actors dressed as Islamic State fighters would show up at a large shopping mall and cinema in Tehran on Monday night and jovially pose for photos with passer...
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Two British ISIS 'Beatles' Fighters Captured In Syria: US Official
Two British ISIS fighters who were part of a notorious kidnapping cell dubbed "The Beatles" for their British accents have been captured in Syria, a US defense official confirmed Thursday.
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The ISIS's 'Business Model' Is Failing, Study Says
When the Islamic State advanced in Syria and Iraq in 2014, its fighters looted banks, took over oil fields and kidnapped foreigners, seemingly without facing much resistance. But fortunes have changed, and the caliphate is now in deep financial trouble, according to a new study.
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As Territory Shrinks, ISIS Group Looks For New Money Sources
As the ISIS group sees its territory shrink to half its original size and its dreams of a caliphate evaporate, the extremist fighters are losing access to the sources of revenue that once gave them their power, prompting them to turn to extortion, kidnapping or foreign donations.
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Japanese Journalist's Credit Cards Used After He Went Missing In Syria
Several credit cards of Japanese journalist Jumpei Yasuda, allegedly kidnapped in Syria in June 2015, were used for online transactions after his disappearance, authorities said on Wednesday.
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3 Spanish Journalists Return Home After Syria Kidnapping Ordeal
Three Spanish freelance journalists who were kidnapped in Syria nearly 10 months ago returned to Spain on Sunday to be reunited with their families.
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3 Spanish Journalists Kidnapped In Syria Freed
Three Spanish journalists kidnapped in Syria some 10 months ago have been freed, the Spanish Press Federation (FAPE) and government said on Saturday.
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ISIS Accused Of Kidnapping 300 Syrian Factory Workers
The ISIS group was accused on Thursday of kidnapping more than 300 employees of a cement factory in Syria, in the latest mass abduction by the terrorists.
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ISIS Kidnaps 300 Workers Near Damascus: Syrian State TV
In a brazen assault near the Syrian capital, ISIS terrorists today kidnapped 300 cement workers and contractors in an area northeast of Damascus, Syrian state TV reported as fighting elsewhere in the country also worsened.
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ISIS Frees 270 Of 400 People It kidnapped From Syria's Deir al-Zor
ISIS group released from its prisons 270 of 400 civilians, most of them women and children, it kidnapped when its fighters attacked government-held areas in Syria's eastern city of Deir al-Zor on Saturday, a monitoring group said.
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Al-Qaeda Kidnaps Media Activists From Syria Rebel Town
Syria's Al-Qaeda affiliate stormed a radio station and abducted two prominent media activists from a rebel-held northwestern town today, an opposition official told AFP.
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The Kidnapped Yazidi Children Who Don't Want To Be Rescued From ISIS
Accounts of the wrenching scene, given by both Rasho and the girls, point to a new challenge confronting members of the Yazidi community as they try to trace nearly 3,000 Yazidis who remain unaccounted for after the territorial defeat of the terrorists.
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New Zealand Nurse Kidnapped By ISIS May Be Alive, Says Red Cross
A New Zealand nurse believed abducted with two drivers by ISIS terrorists in Syria in 2013 may still be alive, the International Committee of the Red Cross has revealed for the first time in an appeal for news of her whereabouts.
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Salvation Government Helps Argentinian Woman Leave Syria After Two Years
A 54-year-old Argentinian woman who was lured into war-wracked Syria two years ago on a marriage promise was finally on her way home on Saturday, a Syrian rebel official said. History teacher Nancy Roxana Papa had accepted the invitation of a Syrian man she had met online three years earlier and travelled to Turkey in 2016, before entering Syria.
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"Return My Husband Safe", Says Wife Of Japanese Journalist Held In Syria
The wife of a Japanese journalist kidnapped in Syria more than three years ago broke her silence Tuesday to plead for his release after he appeared in a hostage video.
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Actors Dressed As ISIS Militants Stormed Mall To Promote Film. Didn't End Well
The plan was to harmlessly promote "Damascus Time," a new film about an Iranian father and son who travel to Syria to deliver humanitarian supplies and then get kidnapped by the Islamic State. Actors dressed as Islamic State fighters would show up at a large shopping mall and cinema in Tehran on Monday night and jovially pose for photos with passer...
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Two British ISIS 'Beatles' Fighters Captured In Syria: US Official
Two British ISIS fighters who were part of a notorious kidnapping cell dubbed "The Beatles" for their British accents have been captured in Syria, a US defense official confirmed Thursday.
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The ISIS's 'Business Model' Is Failing, Study Says
When the Islamic State advanced in Syria and Iraq in 2014, its fighters looted banks, took over oil fields and kidnapped foreigners, seemingly without facing much resistance. But fortunes have changed, and the caliphate is now in deep financial trouble, according to a new study.
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As Territory Shrinks, ISIS Group Looks For New Money Sources
As the ISIS group sees its territory shrink to half its original size and its dreams of a caliphate evaporate, the extremist fighters are losing access to the sources of revenue that once gave them their power, prompting them to turn to extortion, kidnapping or foreign donations.
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Japanese Journalist's Credit Cards Used After He Went Missing In Syria
Several credit cards of Japanese journalist Jumpei Yasuda, allegedly kidnapped in Syria in June 2015, were used for online transactions after his disappearance, authorities said on Wednesday.
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3 Spanish Journalists Return Home After Syria Kidnapping Ordeal
Three Spanish freelance journalists who were kidnapped in Syria nearly 10 months ago returned to Spain on Sunday to be reunited with their families.
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3 Spanish Journalists Kidnapped In Syria Freed
Three Spanish journalists kidnapped in Syria some 10 months ago have been freed, the Spanish Press Federation (FAPE) and government said on Saturday.
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ISIS Accused Of Kidnapping 300 Syrian Factory Workers
The ISIS group was accused on Thursday of kidnapping more than 300 employees of a cement factory in Syria, in the latest mass abduction by the terrorists.
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ISIS Kidnaps 300 Workers Near Damascus: Syrian State TV
In a brazen assault near the Syrian capital, ISIS terrorists today kidnapped 300 cement workers and contractors in an area northeast of Damascus, Syrian state TV reported as fighting elsewhere in the country also worsened.
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ISIS Frees 270 Of 400 People It kidnapped From Syria's Deir al-Zor
ISIS group released from its prisons 270 of 400 civilians, most of them women and children, it kidnapped when its fighters attacked government-held areas in Syria's eastern city of Deir al-Zor on Saturday, a monitoring group said.
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Al-Qaeda Kidnaps Media Activists From Syria Rebel Town
Syria's Al-Qaeda affiliate stormed a radio station and abducted two prominent media activists from a rebel-held northwestern town today, an opposition official told AFP.
