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Iraqi family in Regina responds to 220 Christian abductions

Marleen Abbo said she can't watch television because of the news she's hearing about the region near her home country of Iraq.

Today, activists said the count of Christian Assyrians abducted by the militant group ISIS in northeastern Syria has risen to 220 since Monday. They happened in the Syrian province of Hassekeh, which borders Turkey and Iraq.

Abbo lives in Regina with her husband and two young children. She and her husband are Christians so they identify with those affected by the abductions.

"When they was talking about that you feel like you want to cry. But you can't cry. You just have to pray for them," Abbo said.

Abbo wonders what can be done to help the situation. She said many people are dying unnecessarily and it needs to stop.

"I need to see why they don't have any solution to do? Why? Just they sit in the chair and nothing. Many people they die everyday. Nobody care," Abbo said.

Abbo said she hopes the Canadian government will send more basic necessities like clothing and food for people in need.