Nusra kidnaps at least five more US trained soldiers in Syria: activists

Published August 4th, 2015 - 10:34 GMT
Fighters from al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate al-Nusra Front drive in the Syrian city of Aleppo flying flags. (AFP/File)
Fighters from al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate al-Nusra Front drive in the Syrian city of Aleppo flying flags. (AFP/File)

Al-Nusra Front has allegedly kidnapped at least five more US-trained rebels during an overnight raid in northwestern Syria, reports AFP.

"Between Monday and Tuesday, al-Nusra Front seized at least five rebels from Division 30 in the village of Qah, near the Turkish border," Syrian Observatory for Human Rights chief Rami Abdel Rahman told AFP.

Last week al-Nusra Front attacked the same US-trained division, kidnapping the unit's commander, along with seven members of the Division, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

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