Syria's Druze vow to free children kidnapped by IS

Most live in the rugged Jabal al-Druze region, in the south-western province of Suweida. It has been mostly calm except for some isolated attacks. However, that all changed two weeks ago. On the night of 25 July, a highly co-ordinated assault by the jihadist group Islamic State (IS) left more than 200 dead, most of them civilians. IS militants also kidnapped 13 women, 17 children and a 19-year-old man, who was later killed.