ISIS takes 700 refugees hostage in Syria, says Russia
The Islamic State attacked a refugee camp in Syria's Deir ez-Zor province last week and took around 700 people hostage, according to Russia's Ministry of Defence. The hostages were taken to the city of Hajin, the Russian Reconciliation Centre said. Terrorists may use the hostages as human shields to protect themselves from the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, it added.