The last of a group of 20 Syrian Christians kidnapped on 5 October have been released as their pastor awaits trial before an Islamic court.
Hanna Jallouf was abducted with about 20 other Christians eight kilometres from the Turkish border, an area where al-Nusra Front and other rebel groups have been fighting the Syrian army for three years.
Several children were reported to be among the abductees. Militants of the self-proclaimed ISIS had taken control of Knayeh village and the surrounding region last year, forcing churches to remove their crosses, banning the ringing of church bells and requiring women to veil their faces. At the end of 2013, Al-Nusra jihadists took over.
