266 Christians ransomed and freed from Islamic State

• Associated Press, Global Church
• December 7, 2016

The Marza family were among 226 Assyrian Christians taken captive by the Islamic State in a February 2015 attack on their villages in Syria’s Khabur River valley. It took a year to free the hostages, and only after three were killed and millions of dollars gathered by the Assyrian diaspora worldwide was paid.