The Islamic State terror group claims it will be executing 180 Assyrian Christians who were kidnapped in mass raids in February, after negotiators failed to meet the jihadists’ high asking price to free the hostages.

ARA News reported on Monday that the terror group is asking for $12 million for the release of the Assyrians, a sum deemed “unbearable” for the community.

“The negotiations, led by Bishop Ephrem Otnaial, head of the Church of the East in Syria, have been suspended due to the unbearable demands of the terror group,” revealed Osama Edward, director of the Assyrian Human Rights Network.

“ISIS threatened to execute the 180 hostages if we didn’t pay the ransom,” he continued.

A member of the Civil Peace Committee in Tel Temir, who chose to remain anonymous, said that “internal rifts” emerged among Assyrian officials about how to gather the money.

The 180 Assyrians are part of a group of 230 people kidnapped by IS in February from villages in the Khabur river valley in Syria.

Early in September, hopes emerged that the hostages might be freed, after IS reportedly agreed to lower its ransom demands.

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