04 Sep 2014

Jihadists kidnap dozens in north Iraq

Kirkuk - Jihadists kidnapped dozens of residents of a northern Iraq village on Thursday after villagers burned one of their positions along with the jihadist flag, police and witnesses said.

The militants of the Islamic State (ISIS) group had withdrawn from Tal Ali in Kirkuk province on Wednesday, but returned in force on Thursday and carried out the abductions, the sources said.

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