Shafaq News- Damascus

Two Kurdish men were released after their families paid $90,000 to kidnappers who had abducted them in the countryside of Ras Al-Ain, Al-Hasakah, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported on Saturday.

The families secured their release without assistance or intervention from any other party. The kidnappers had initially demanded $600,000, or $300,000 for each man.

#المرصد_السوريبجهود عائلية ودفع 90 ألف دولار.. الإفراج عن مـ ـخـ ـطـ ـو فـ ـين كرديين بريف #الحسكةhttps://t.co/Si3DdGwIuG

— المرصد السوري لحقوق الإنسان (@syriahr) August 8, 2026

The two men were abducted on July 21 while at their workplace in Al-Hasakah countryside. Around seven armed men seized them at gunpoint, forced them into a vehicle, and took them to an unknown location.