IS releases 6 hostages in Syria's Sweida

Source: Xinhua| 2018-10-20 15:10:00|Editor: xuxin
Video PlayerClose

DAMASCUS, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- The Islamic State (IS) released six hostages taken in the southern province of Sweida, state news agency SANA reported Saturday.

The released hostages include two women and four children who had been captured by the IS militants during an offensive at dawn of July 25.

Altogether 30 people were taken hostages at the time, three of whom had died while in captivity.

Citing the governor of Sweida, Amer al-Ashi, SANA said the release of the first batch of hostages came as a result of the tight siege imposed by the Syrian Army on IS militants in the Tulol al-Safa hills in the eastern countryside of Sweida.

He noted that the rest will be set free soon.

TOP STORIES
EDITOR’S CHOICE
MOST VIEWED
EXPLORE XINHUANET
010020070750000000000000011100001375463981