Islamic State militants have abducted at least 90 people from Assyrian Christian villages in northeastern Syria, a monitoring group that tracks violence in Syria said on Tuesday.
The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the militants carried out dawn raids on rural villages inhabited by the ancient Christian minority west of Hasaka, a city mainly held by the Kurds.
Syrian Kurdish militia launched two offensives on Sunday against the militants in northeast Syria, helped by U.S.-led air strikes and Iraqi peshmerga.
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”Families are coming to Hasaka seeking safety,” said Abdul Rahman al-Numai, a textile trader said via telephone.
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