ISIS releases 270 civilians after weekend kidnapping, rights group says
By Annie Ramos, CNN
Updated 1351 GMT (2151 HKT) January 20, 2016
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Among the released were women, children under the age of 14 and men over the age of 55
Fighting in Deir Ezzor intensified recently, including suicide bombings, mass abductions and arbitrary killings
(CNN)ISIS has released more than half of the people it kidnapped over the weekend in Syria, freeing 270 of the 400 people taken in the city of Deir Ezzor, a Syrian rights group said.
Among the released were women, children under the age of 14 and men over the age of 55, said Rami Abdurrahman, director for the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. CNN cannot independently confirm the rights group's reports.
Fighting in Deir Ezzor intensified recently, including suicide bombings, mass abductions and arbitrary killings, rights activists have said. They had
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