Islamic State releases 93 Syrian Kurds: monitor

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BEIRUT (Reuters) - The militant Islamic State group has released 93 Syrian Kurds it captured in February as they made their way from **rthern Syria to neighboring Iraq, a group monitoring the conflict said on Tuesday. Islamic State seized around 100 people, accusing them of being members of the Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) which has opposed the group, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The offshoot of al Qaeda, which is the target of U.S.-led air strikes in Syria and Iraq, released all but six of the Kurds in that group in Syria on Monday, the Observatory said. ...

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