Yazidi Woman Freed After a DECADE of ISIS Captivity

In a significant operation, USbacked Kurdish forces in Syria achieved a poignant victory with the liberation of a 24yearold Yazidi woman and her two children from the clutches of the Islamic State after a harrowing decade of captivity. This rescue, part of the Syrian Democratic Forces ongoing security operation in the alHol camp, not only highlights the still ongoing efforts to dismantle remnants of ISIS influence but also casts a light on the enduring plight of the Yazidi community, long victimized by the extremist group s brutal campaign. The woman, a native of the Yazidi heartland in Sinjar, Iraq, was one of thousands subjected to unimaginable atrocities during the ISISled genocide in 2014, including being sold and raped since the age of 14. Her statement, They destroyed my life. I was sold and bought like a sheep, underscores the horrific reality faced by many under ISIS s reign of terror. The operation, named Humanity and Security 3, has seen the detention of dozens suspect