The Takfiri group, ISIL (so-called Islamic State in Iraq and Levant) late Tuesday released 270 of more than 400 civilians it had abducted during its assault on the eastern Syrian city of Deir Ezzor.

The Takfiri group, ISIL (so-called Islamic State in Iraq and Levant) late Tuesday released 270 of more than 400 civilians it had abducted during its assault on the eastern Syrian city of Deir Ezzor.

Those released included women, children under 14 years old, and the elderly, said Rami Abdel Rahman, head of the so-called “Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.”

"They will not go back into Deir Ezzor city, but will be spread out among local tribes in the province," Abdel Rahman told AFP.

ISIL still holds 130 civilians, mostly teenage and adult men, whom Abdel Rahman said were being questioned.

"If ISIL sees that they have no ties to the Syrian government, they will take a religious course and will be released," he said.

The Takfiri insurgents launched a deadly assault on Al-Baghaliyeh town near Deir Ezzor, earlier on Saturday, killing at least 280 people, and abducting 400 others.