BEIRUT: A second hostage has died after being abducted by Daesh (ISIS) group in southern Syria last month, a journalist in the area and an activist group said Thursday.
The 65-year-old Syrian woman was among more than 30 people seized by Daesh two weeks ago as it unleashed a violent attack against the Druze minority of Swaida province.
Daesh (ISIS) has been in talks with Syria's government and its ally Russia to swap the hostages for militants held by the regime.
The ultra-conservative group beheaded one of them, a 19-year-old male student, last week.
On Thursday, the negotiating delegation received images showing the lifeless body of a second hostage, said Nour Radwan, who heads the Swaida24 news outlet.
"After cutting off communication for several days, Daesh corresponded with the negotiating delegation of Swaida to tell them she died of illness," Radwan told AFP.