12 Assyrians Who Were Held By ISIS Released

12 Assyrians Who Were Held By ISIS Released

Assyrian International News Agency

2014-09-15 18:42 GMT
Twelve Assyrians "expelled" from Bartella, Iraq by ISIS.(AINA) -- ISIS has released 12 Assyrians from the town of Bartella, according to a story by ankawa.com, an Assyrian website. 11 Assyrians were from Bartella, an Assyrian town east of Mosul, and 1 from Sinjar. The Assyrians had remained in Bartella after everyone else had fled when ISIS captured the town. After they refused to convert, they were held prisoners in one house for nearly one month. ISIS finally released them, "expelling" them from the "Islamic State."
Eleven of the Assyrians were brought Kirkuk where they were met by Father Qais. Ms. Samia Yusuf Iskandar was brought to Arbel.
The names of the Assyrians are:

1. Sabri Gewargis Abdulmassih
2. Nabeel Salem Simon
3. Tony Sabri Gewargis
4. Milad Sabri Gewargis
5. Khalid Sabri Gewargis
6. Marvin Sabri Gewargis
7. Saad Nafi Abdullah
8. Suhaila Moshe
9. Bushra Farooq Benham
10. Salem Matti Gewargis
11. Joseph Gog Kako
12. Samia Yusuf Iskandar

See Timeline of ISIS in North Iraq.
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