Damascus: At least 90 Syrian Christians of the Assyrian minority have been confirmed kidnapped by Islamic State (IS) militants from two Assyrian towns in northern Syria, Xinhua news agency reported citing a monitoring group Tuesday.

The IS militants Monday snatched the 90 Assyrians from the towns of Tal Shamiram and Tal Hurmoz in the countryside of the predominantly Kurdish city of Hasaka in northern Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) cited sources as saying.