Protesters have held daily demonstrations against Syrian
rebles in the northern city of Raqa, demanding the release of "hundreds"
of missing people including an Italian Jesuit priest, a watchdog said.
Residents called rebels "to leave" their area, said Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. "Syria is free! The [Islamic] State [of Iraq and the Levant] must get out!" protesters chanted.
News of the protests comes two weeks after Father Paolo Dall'Oglio went missing when he went to meet commanders of the armed group Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) in late July to ask for the release of activists kidnapped by the group.
"Demonstrations have been held daily for two weeks demanding the release of hundreds of civilians" kidnapped by ISIS, including Dall'Oglio, said the The UK-based watchdog.
The watchdog described Dall'Oglio as a "messenger of peace" and "a friend of the Syrian opposition" to President Bashar al-Assad's regime.
Raqa is the only provincial capital to have fallen out of regime hands since clashes broke out. [Al jazeera]
Residents called rebels "to leave" their area, said Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. "Syria is free! The [Islamic] State [of Iraq and the Levant] must get out!" protesters chanted.
News of the protests comes two weeks after Father Paolo Dall'Oglio went missing when he went to meet commanders of the armed group Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) in late July to ask for the release of activists kidnapped by the group.
"Demonstrations have been held daily for two weeks demanding the release of hundreds of civilians" kidnapped by ISIS, including Dall'Oglio, said the The UK-based watchdog.
The watchdog described Dall'Oglio as a "messenger of peace" and "a friend of the Syrian opposition" to President Bashar al-Assad's regime.
Raqa is the only provincial capital to have fallen out of regime hands since clashes broke out. [Al jazeera]
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