Yezidi women plead for their imprisoned sisters on Women’s Day
1,529 views · Published 9 March 2017 · 3:05 · Indexed 6 November 2026
Channel: Rudaw English · 2017 · People & Blogs
As the world celebrates International Women’s Day, Yezidi women and girls gathered in their sacred Lalish temples to pray for their sisters and daughters still enslaved by ISIS. “We want our voices heard by all the countries to help rescue our hostages from ISIS,” said Leyla Khalil who is still missing 20 of her family members.
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