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Four Indians held in Syria preparing to join IS
New Delhi, Jan 13
Four Indians have been
detained in Syria while trying to join the Islamic State (IS) terror
group, Syrian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Walid Al
Moualem said here on Wednesday.
Al Moualem, who was on a three-day visit to India since January 11, said Syria was ready to hand over all the four to India.
"They are in jail in Damascus and Syria is ready to hand them over to India," he told media persons here.
About
39 Indians captured in Mosul in Iraq, he said: "If they were captured
by Iraqi security forces, then Syria can help negotiate their release
but if they were captured by the IS, then we cannot help."
The Syrian minister met External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Tuesday.
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