Deash Terrorists Kidnap More than 300 Cement Workers in Damascus Countryside

Damascus Countryside – A group affiliated to ISIS terrorist organization kidnapped more than 300 workers and contractors from al-Badiyeh Cement Company- a closed joint-stock company located north east of Abu al-Shamat area in Damascus Countryside, according to SANA.

A source at the Ministry of Industry said in a statement to the state news agency that the Ministry has been in contact with the company’s administration to inquire about the abductees and was informed that more than 300 workers and contractors were kidnapped by ISIS.

 The company informed the Ministry that it has not been able to communicate with any of the kidnapped persons yet, the source added.

The Ministry will keep in contact with the company and the parties concerned to get information about the place of the abducted workers and  will spare no effort as to get them released, according to the source.

In the same context, Nadim Kreizan, a local reconciliation official in Jeiroud area, told SANA over the phone that the locals in Jeiroud town, located in the vicinity of the company, saw some 125 of the company’s abducted workers being transported on board ISIS vehicles that headed towards Tal Dakweh on the outskirts of Eastern Ghouta where ISIS-linked terrorist groups are active.

The reconciliation committee in cooperation with locals in Jeiroud town received on Wednesday 106 workers from the Chinese Factory in al-Dmeir area who fled in fear from ISIS, Kreizan added.