"DAMASCUS/VIENNA (BosNewsLife)-- Hundreds of Syrian Christians have been killed and several Christians kidnapped as fighting rages between government forces and rebels, an aid group working in the region told BosNewsLife Thursday, February 16.
"The key battleground of Homs is encircled by fighters from both sides, leaving the Christians there and in the surrounding villages – approximately 100,000 – in the firing line, many of them trapped in the city," said Barnabas Fund, which supports local believers there.
The Britain-based group said at least over 200 Syrian Christians died in recent clashes and added that the community "has been beset by a series" of kidnappings blamed mainly on rebels calling themselves the Free Syrian Army.
"The rebels make high ransom demands for the return of the captives, but in two known cases the victims’ bodies were found after the money had been paid," Barnabas Fund claimed, without providing more details."
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