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There are fears that more members of an Assyrian Christian community in north-eastern Syria were abducted by Islamic State militants than at first thought.
Initial reports had put the number of missing at 90, but one activist said as many as 285 people had been seized on Monday in Hassakeh province.
Efforts to try to negotiate their release are reported to be under way.
Some 1,000 local Assyrian families are believed to have fled their homes in the wake of the abductions.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-31622883
Initial reports had put the number of missing at 90, but one activist said as many as 285 people had been seized on Monday in Hassakeh province.
Efforts to try to negotiate their release are reported to be under way.
Some 1,000 local Assyrian families are believed to have fled their homes in the wake of the abductions.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-31622883