Activists: Islamic State group now holding 220 Christians in Syria

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(RNS) The number of Christians abducted by the Islamic State group in northeastern Syria has risen to 220, activists said Thursday (February 26).

The United Kingdom-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the civilians were kidnapped from 11 villages near the town of Tal Tamr over the past three days by the militants, who control vast swaths of Syria and Iraq.