al-qaryatain
Islamic State Abducts 230 Christians and Sunni Muslims from Strategic Syrian Town
The residents were reportedly kidnapped by IS fighters after the radical insurgents succeeded in taking al-Qaryatain, a town in the central province of Homs.
Islamic State Seizes Key Town in Central Syria
The capture of Al-Qaryatain could allow the Islamic State to link up areas under its control in and around Palmyra with areas in the eastern countryside of Qalamoun in Damascus province.
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