On October 4, the ISIS Hunters of the Syrian Arab Army’s 5th Assault Corps announced that they are ready to “pay $1 million for every released Russian brother”.
If ISIS ingnores the suggestion, the ISIS Hunters promise to kill “100 IS[ISIS]-affiliated for each one of them”.
To #ISIS: as we said you 29.09 we are ready to pay $1 million for every released #Russian brother #Syria #DeirEzzor #ديرالزور #سوريا
— ISIS Hunters (@ISIS_Hunters) 4 October 2017
Otherwise we will kill 100 IS-affiliated for each one of them#Syria #DeirEzzor #ديرالزور #سوريا #ISIS
— ISIS Hunters (@ISIS_Hunters) 4 October 2017
On October 3, the ISIS-linked news agency Amaq released a video showing two Russians – Roman Zabolotniy and Grigory Surkanov – that ISIS captured in central Syria in late September. Amaq argued that they were Russian soldiers. However, the victims appeared to be volunteers supporting the Syrian government, according to the Russian media.
