Al-Qaeda Linked Extremists Hold 200 Kurdish Civilians Hostage as ‘Live Shield’ in Syria!

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• Al-Qaeda-linked extremists hold 200 Kurdish civilians hostage as ‘live shield’ in Syria! 
  by http://rt.com/
  Al-Qaeda-linked extremists have taken and continue to hold hostage about 200 Kurdish civilians, including women and children, using them as live shields in north-eastern Syria, Russia’s Foreign Ministry has stated.
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  Civilians remain hostage after Syrian Kurds clashed with Al-Qaeda  linked militants in the north-eastern Syrian towns of Tal Abyad  and Ras al-Ain, along the Syrian-Turkish border over the weekend.
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  “In these areas, there has long been confrontation  between the troops of the international extremists affiliated  with al-Qaeda and local Kurdish militias who stood up to protect  their homes from attacks by radical Islamists,” Russia’s  Foreign Ministry said in a statement published on its  website.
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  Syrian Kurd fighters captured a rebel leader, or emir, identified  as Abu Musab. In response, Al-Qaeda extremists abducted 500  civilians, including woman and children.
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  “They started to kill innocent people by cutting off their  heads,” the statement read. “Kurds had to free Abu Musab  in exchange for an agreement to release hostages.”
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  Despite the Kurdish fighters agreed to release Abu Musab in  exchange for people, about 200 people are still in the hands of  extremists. The commander was freed as agreed.
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  The Kurdish gunmen have been fighting to expel al-Qaeda militants  from the northeastern province of Hassakeh over the past week,  with the battle significantly intensifying over the weekend.
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  The clashes between the Kurdish People’s Defense Units (YPG) and  the al-Qaeda-affiliated Jahbat al-Nusra erupted in the city of  Ras al-Ain in the northern province of Hasakeh on July 16, when  at least four militants were killed.    
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