Thursday, March 28, 2024

Baghdad

Nine Kurdish Yezidis freed from IS

 Nine Kurdish Yezidis freed from IS

Yezidi women and children.

Nine Kurdish Yezidis freed from IS
Yezidi women and children.

Duhok (BasNews) A total of nine Kurdish Yezidis, including four women and five children, were freed from the grip of Islamic State (IS) militants on Sunday, an official said.

“They will arrive in Duhok [province of Kurdistan Region] on Monday to be reunited with their families,” Head of the office for Yezidi Abductee Affairs, Hussein Qa’idi, confirmed to BasNews.

The official meanwhile criticized the Iraqi government for failing on a plan to locate and rescue the Yezidi abductees from IS captivity in Mosul, explained that Yezidi captives hide in houses between the clashing sides in Mosul and they step out as soon as IS insurgents are pushed back.

“The Iraqi army has not practically rescued one Yezidi abductee,” he pointed out.

Qa’idi reiterated that a large number of Yezidis were believed to be held in Mosul, but the city is about to be completely recaptured from IS with very few abductees rescued so far.

Leave a Reply