ISIS today released the last of some 230 Assyrian Christians kidnapped a year ago in Syria after receiving millions of dollars in ransom, Christian officials said.
Turkish jets struck camps belonging to Kurdish militants in northern Iraq Friday and Saturday in what were the first strikes since a peace deal was announced in 2013.
Three sides including Kurdish YPG, small Rebel groups and ISIS terrorist engage in fighting around Turkish border.
Peshmerga forces fought off a furious four-pronged ISIS assault in Shingal (Sinjar) on Friday.
Archimandrite Emanuel Youkhana, who works in support of persecuted Christians in the region, said 15 young Assyrians had been killed.
ISIS Takes Assyrian to Prisoner Swap with Kurdish Fighters, Newsweek reports.
ISIS militants are planning to murder 150 Christian hostages they kidnapped after sweeping through villages in Syria if the U.S. does not stop air strikes, it has been reported.
Two activist groups say ISIS militants have abducted at least 90 Assyrians after overrunning several villages in northeastern Syria.