article_snippet: Militants fighting for the Islamic State terror group in northern Syria have mysteriously released 19 Christians hostages, local activists have revealed.
article_snippet: The news provided a modicum of relief to a Christian Assyrian community that has been devastated by the abductions.
article_snippet: The unexplained release is reminiscent of ISIS' freeing of 200 elderly  Yazidi community members near Kirkuk in Iraq in January, which came after the hostages had been held for several months.
article_snippet: Release at last: News of The unexplained release provided a modicum of relief to a Christian Assyrian community that has been devastated by the abductions.
article_snippet: The Assyrian Human Rights Network reported the release of the 19 Christians and later published these photographs on The Assyrian Human Rights Network Facebook page .
article_snippet: Both Bashir Saedi, a senior official in the Assyrian Democratic Organization, and The Assyrian Human Rights Network reported the release of the 19 Christiansthe 19 Christians.
article_snippet: Similar: The unexplained release is reminiscent of ISIS' freeing of 200 elderly Yazidi community members near Kirkuk in Iraq in January (pictured), which came after the hostages had been held for several months .
highlights_snippet: Members of Syria's Christian Assyrian community were released yesterday .
  