According to new reports from Syria, Islamic State fighters, ISIS , have reportedly captured at least 230 people including 60 Syrian Christians after taking a town in the province of Homs.
The hostages were reportedly taken in the town of Al Quaryatayn, which is the biggest capture by ISIS in Syria since the taking of Palmyra in May.
The town has a mixed population of 40,000 and shelters thousands of refugees, who have fled from fighting elsewhere in Syria. Among the abducted Christians are many children and women according to the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
Al Quaryatayn was taken overnight after heavy fighting between ISIS and Syrian army fighters, which involved several suicide bombing attacks on military checkpoints. The town occupies a strategic position near a road connecting Palmyra to the Qalamoun Mountains, along the border with Lebanon.
The terrorist group is known to demand people convert to Islam or face execution or expulsion.
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