Tagged syria

Kurds secure Kobane, but death toll of ISIS attack up to 200; violence personally affects partners

Kurdish forces cleared Kobane of the ISIS infiltrators who killed 200 civilians, Rudwa and others reported. At the Crossroads contacts tell us that th...

ISIS kills Kobane-area civilians in surprise attack; partners in the area ask for prayer

About 30 ISIS fighters disguised as Kurdish security slipped into Kobane, Syria, early Thursday and killed civilians, the Washington Post reported. C...

ISIS releases 19 Christians, still holds hundreds

The Assyrian International News Agency is reporting that ISIS released 19 Christians today. The Associated Press reports tribal leaders and Assyrian ...

Estimate of kidnapped Assyrian Christians rises near 300

News outlets, including the BBC, are now reporting that as many as 285 Christians have been abducted in northeast Syria by ISIS. That number is closer...

Church leader: As many as 100 families captured by ISIS

See detail of Assyrian villages below. Earlier today, we shared a news report saying that at least 90 Assyrian Christians had been abducted by Islam...