IS releases over 200 Yazidi captives in Iraq
177 views · Published 9 April 2015 · 0:24 · Indexed 21 October 2026
Channel: Hi China · 2015 · Entertainment
he Islamic State (IS) militant group released about 216 Yazidis it kidnapped months ago in Iraq, a Kurdish security source said on Wednesday. The Kurdish security forces, Peshmerga, received all those released Yazidis from the IS militants in the town of al-Rashad, some 40 km southwest of the city of Kirkuk, the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity. The captives were held in the militant-seized city of Mosul, the capital of Nineveh province, some 400 km north of the capital of Baghdad, the source said. Since last August, hundreds of Yazidi minority members have been killed or kidnapped when the IS militants seized the town of Sinjar, some 100 km west of Mosul. Subscribe to us on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/CCTVcomInternational Download for IOS: https://itunes.apple.com/cn/app/cctv-news/id878031632?mt=8 Download for Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cn.cctvnews Follow us on: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cctvcom Twitter: https://twitter.com/cctv_english Instagram: http://instagram.com/cctvenglish Weibo: http://weibo.com/cntvenglish
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