Islamic State has kidnapped at least 150 Assyrian Christians in dawn raids on villages in northeastern Syria. And they may not be finished. It appears that the abductions may be in retaliation for local Assyrians joining the Kurds in fighting IS. Some other Assyrian villages are surrounded by IS fighters, putting hundreds more Christians at risk. Reuters: A Syrian Christian group representing several NGOs inside and outside the country said it had verified at least 150 people missing, including women and the elderly, who had been kidnapped by the militants. "We have verified at least 150 people who have been adducted from sources on the ground," Bassam Ishak, president of the Syriac National Council of Syria, whose family itself is from Hasaka, told Reuters from Amman. Earlier the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said 90 were abducted when the militants carried out dawn raids on rural villages inhabited by the ancient Christian minority...(Read Full Post)