Syrian Hostages Who Escaped ISIS Receive Rapturous Homecoming

Syrian Hostages Who Escaped ISIS Receive Rapturous Homecoming
Relatives hug one of the hostages held by ISIS terrorists who escaped from his captors in Qaryatayn town in Homs province, Syria Oct. 29, 2017. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki
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QARYATAYN, Syria—Twenty-six Syrian hostages who escaped from their ISIS captors received an emotional homecoming on Oct. 29 in the central province of Homs, witnesses and officials said.

They were among at least 70 people abducted and taken by fleeing ISIS terrorists to a secret location in the desert east of the town of al-Qaryatayn when the Syrian army and pro-government militias regained control of the town on Oct. 21.