Kurdish militia pressed an offensive against Islamic State in northeast Syria on Wednesday, cutting one of its supply lines from Iraq, as fears mounted for dozens of Assyrians abducted by the group. The Assyrian Christians were taken from villages near the town of Tel Tamr, some 20 km (12 miles) northwest of the city of Hasakah.
There has been no word on their fate and as well as conflicting reports on where the Assyrians had been taken.
Fighters of the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) carry their weapons and use a pair of binoculars in the outskirts of Tal Tamr town as they monitor the movements of Islamic State fighters who recently captured several villages, February 25, 2015 (Rodi Said/Reuters).A fighter of the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) fires an anti-aircraft weapon from Tel Tawil village in the direction of Islamic State fighters positioned in the countryside of the town of Tel Tamr, February 25, 2015 (Rodi Said/Reuters).A general view shows a church in the Assyrian village of Abu Tina, which was recently captured by Islamic State fighters, February 25, 2015 (Rodi Said/Reuters).A member of the Kurdish Security Forces (Asayish) holds an injured civilian to evacuate him in the town of Tel Tamr, February 25, 2015 (Rodi Said/Reuters).Assyrian fighters of Sutoro (The Syriac Security Office) carry their weapons as they man a checkpoint in the town of Tel Tamr, February 25, 2015 (Rodi Said/Reuters).Assyrian fighters of Sutoro (The Syriac Security Office) carry their weapons as they man a checkpoint in the town of Tel Tamr, February 25, 2015 (Rodi Said/Reuters).Civilians sit on a pick-up truck with their belongings as they flee the town of Tel Tamr, February 25, 2015 (Rodi Said/Reuters).Fighters of the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) prepare their weapons in the Assyrian village of Tel Jumaa, north of Tel Tamr town, February 25, 2015 (Rodi Said/Reuters).Fighters of the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) stand near a pick-up truck mounted with an anti-aircraft weapon in front of a church in the Assyrian village of Tel Jumaa, north of Tel Tamr town, February 25, 2015 (Rodi Said/Reuters).Fighters of the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) walk past an armored vehicle along a street in the town of Tel Tamr, February 25, 2015 (Rodi Said/Reuters).
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