Is looking increasingly unlikely. Hello, thank you for joining us. We begin with the fight against the Islamic State of iraq and the levant where more than a hundred men and nine boys have been kidnapped by isil fight necessary iraq. They belong to one of the biggest tribes in the country. This comes assist fighters have found themselves under attack from Kurdish Forces in the province in syria. And its a strategic area as it borders territory controlled by the group in iraq. In all of this, the special envoy to syria as they try to secure opposition support for a fighting freeze in aleppo. Well hear about the fighting in syria. First, well get the latest on the kidnappings in baghdad. There is no word on the fate of these men and boys who were taken away. The tribe tells us that 127 of the tribesmen were originally kidnapped. This was three days ago. The news just filtering out now because of Difficult Communications there. Its a village east of tikrit where fighting has been going on
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