There's more information on that Islamic State kidnapping story from a few days ago.
It seems that between 262 and 350 people were captured - not 150 - from as many as twelve Christian villages in northern Syria. Homes and churches were burned or vandalized, and all Christians have fled their homes.
Nineteen have been released, and there's speculation that ransom money may have been paid.
Ransom money - a horrible dilemma. If you don't pay it, bad things will be done to the victim. If you do pay it, you fund the kidnappers to capture more victims and do more bad things to them.
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