DAMASCUS: Around 250 Syrian civilians are feared kidnapped after an attack by the Islamic State jihadist group on a cement factory east of Damascus, residents told Agence France-Presse on Thursday.
“We haven’t been able to reach our family members since noon on Monday after an attack by Daesh on the factory,” said a resident of the town of Dmeir, 50 kilometers (30 miles) east of Damascus, using the Arabic acronym for IS.