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300 Kurds Kidnapped

April 7, 2015;

300 Kurdish men have been kidnapped by an Islamist rebel group in northwest Syria. Officials from the Kurdish Democratic Union Party have blamed Jaysh al-Islam (Army of Islam) but it has not been confirmed which group is responsible for the kidnapping. The kidnappers are demanding the release of rebels held by the Kurds.

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