Syria conflict: 'Hundreds' abducted in IS attack on Deir al-Zour

Syria conflict: 'Hundreds' abducted in IS attack on Deir al-Zour,Islamic Accompaniment militants in Syria are said to accept abducted 400 civilians during a blood-soaked advance on the eastern city-limits of Deir al-Zour.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an action ecology body, said humans were taken from areas in the north-west of the city.

The address from the London-based accumulation could not be apart verified. At atomic 135 humans were dead in the advance on Deir al-Zour, the Observatory appear earlier.

It said 85 of them were civilians and 50 were pro-government fighters.

Syrian accompaniment media put the assessment even higher, adage about 300 civilians had died. IS launched its advance with suicide bombers, followed by a arena assault.

Syrian government armament retaliated with air strikes and abundant artillery.

The Russian air force has been bottomward altruistic aid for civilians trapped in the city-limits as able-bodied as reportedly accustomed out air strikes in the vicinity.

The UN afresh warned of "sharply deteriorating" altitude in locations of Deir al-Zour, one of a amount of towns beneath annoy as a aftereffect of Syria's five-year civilian war.

'Crucified and beheaded'

The civilians were taken from the suburb of Balighia and added areas in the north-west of the city, and confused appear the IS bastion of Raqqa, the Observatory said.

All of those abducted are Sunni Muslims, it added.IS is itself a Sunni Islamist accumulation which persecutes Shia Muslims and non-Muslims in areas beneath its control.

During Saturday's attack, the militants crucified and beheaded some of those they killed, according to Syrian accompaniment media.

The Observatory estimates that IS now controls about 60% of the city-limits but some 200,000 humans are active beneath annoy in government-held areas.

Small amounts of basal aliment accept been delivered by helicopter or air drops but the UN says there is a acute curtailment of aliment and medicine, and boundless malnutrition.

Unverified letters advance a amount of humans accept fatigued to afterlife there, the BBC's Middle East correspondent, Jim Muir, reports.

What's accident in Syria?

More than 250,000 Syrians accept absent their lives in about 5 years of conflict, which began with anti-government protests afore ascent into a barbarous civilian war. More than 11 actor others accept been affected from their homes as armament loyal to President Bashar al-Assad and rebels against to his aphorism action anniversary added - as able-bodied as jihadist militants from Islamic State.

Why are civilians beneath siege?

All parties to the action are application annoy warfare, encircling busy areas, preventing civilians from abrogation and blocking altruistic admission in an attack to force opponents to surrender. Shortages of food, water, medicine, electricity and ammunition accept led to malnutrition and deaths a part of accessible groups.

Where are the sieges?

Government armament are besieging assorted locations in the eastern Ghouta area, alfresco Damascus, as able-bodied as the capital's western suburb of Darayya and the adjacent abundance towns of Zabadani and Madaya. Rebel armament accept belted the villages of Foah and Kefraya in the arctic arena of Idlib, while IS militants are besieging government-held areas in the eastern city-limits of Deir al-Zour.
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