The Druze hostages were seized during a deadly July attack in the southern Sweida province. ( SANA / AFP/GETTY IMAGES )The rare attacks in Sweida province, populated mainly by Syria’s minority Druze, came amid a government offensive elsewhere in the country’s south. Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the women and children were the first batch of the exchange, adding that more will follow. The Observatory said the government in return will release 60 women held by authorities and a $27 million (U.S.) ransom. Article Continued BelowSuwayda 24 identified the released women as Rasmiya Abu Ammar and Abeer Shalgheen and her four children.

Source: thestar October 20, 2018 14:03 UTC