Assyrian Archbishop finds jihadists demands more accessible

The Assyrian Christians kidnapped by the jihadists of Daesh are still in the hands of their kidnappers and their release seems more accessible now than before says, Archbishop Hindo. 

The approximately 230 Assyrian Christians that the jihadists of Daesh  took hostage at the end of February, when they attacked the villages in the valley of the river Khabur, are still in the hands of their kidnappers. The place of their detention in all probability is still in the al-Shaddadi stronghold of Daesh, 60 kilometers from Hassaké. Meanwhile, the conditions of the kidnappers to release them are more accessible said Syrian Catholic Archbishop Jacques Behnan Hindo, head of archieparchy of Hassaké-Nisibis.
 

"In the first attempted contact through intermediaries - said the Syrian Catholic Archbishop - there was talk of an exorbitant request, amounting to 23 million dollars. But now – adds Mgr. Hindo – they are asking for much less. Therefore, now, the biggest obstacle is not money but the difficulty of how to organize the phase of liberation. To get back without any danger of attacks would be a delicate operation, which in some way should be agreed with the Syrian army forces and Kurdish militias, so that everything proceeds smoothly he said. (Fides)