ZAIDAL, Syria — Syrian Internal Security Forces in Hmoth (Homs) have freed Elias Khazaal, a young Christian man who was abducted in the predominantly Syriac Christian village of Zaidal and held captive for 41 days, according to Syrian authorities and local sources. Khazaal, a deacon at the Syriac Catholic Church of Our Lady of Deliverance and a member of the church's scout troop, was abducted by unknown assailants who later demanded a $1 million ransom from his family.