Church Publishes Names of 21 Assyrians Killed By ISIS in Qaryatain
Posted 2016-04-16 07:10 GMT



(AINA) -- The Syriac Orthodox Church has published the names of the 21 Assyrians who were killed by ISIS in the town of al-Qaryatain, Syria, which was captured by ISIS in August, 2015 (AINA 2015-08-07). ISIS captured 250 Assyrians in the initial attack.
The official facebook page of the Syriac Orthodox Church published the following list of names:
- Hani Moussa Khazaal (25)
- George Al-Khazaal (31)
- Jalal Al-Gharib (30)
- Hani Afif Khazaal (27)
- Fadi Moussa Maher (45)
- Faheed Yaacoub Khazaal (66)
- Wadad Mtanous Malghouj (67)
- Nassim Moussa Khazaal (42)
- Wassim Moussa Khazaal (40)
- Moutazz Moussa Khazaal (39)
- William Fayez Al-Khoury (33)
- George Ibrahim Al-Gharib (44)
- Ibrahim Zaghir Al-Gharib (73)
- Gergess Zaghir Al-Gharib (66)
- Mourfaq Ibrahim Khalaf (49)
- Rafic Ibrahim Khalaf (52)
- Fadi Salim Atallah (47)
- Awad Nadim Atallah (53)
- Abdo Hassib Al-Khoury (42)
- Ziad Farah (49)
- Bashar Abdelkarim Al-Sattah (34)
Related: Attacks on Assyrians in Syria
Related: Timeline of ISIS in Iraq
ISIS released 71 Assyrians from Qaryatain on the following dates:
- January 29, 2016: 6 released
- October 14, 2016: 50 released
- September 4, 2015: 15 released
But ISIS still is holding 179 Assyrians from Qaryatain. Some reports indicate that they have been moved to Raqqa, the stronghold of ISIS in Syria.
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