A group of employees of al-Furat, a Syrian oil company, have been kidnapped in the city of Deir ez-Zor in the northeast of the country, Syrian news agency SANA reports. The group was traveling in a minibus that was stopped by several armed men, who then took them to an unknown location. The news agency says local authorities are undertaking efforts to find the kidnapped workers. more to read on : www.rt.com