Daesh captures 900 Kurdish civilians in Aleppo

Daesh militants have abducted some 900 Kurds in the northern Syrian province of Aleppo over the past three weeks amid fierce fighting for control of a nearby Daesh-controlled stronghold, ABC News quoted a Kurdish official and Syrian activists as saying Friday.

The abductions began shortly after the predominantly Kurdish and U.S.-backed Syria Democratic Forces began an offensive on May 31 to capture the Daesh stronghold of Manbij from the extremists.

The extremist group has a history of mass kidnappings in areas they control in Syria and Iraq and have mostly targeted Christians and Kurds in the past.

The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the 900 civilians were detained near the Daesh-held town of Al-Bab.

Source: MENA