Four Yezidi girls rescued in Deir ez-Zor
DUHOK, Kurdistan Region – Over the past 24 hours, four Yezidi girls were rescued from ISIS and are now in Rojava, Syrian Kurdistan. They will reunite with their relatives over the next two days.
"Three of these girls are from the village of Kocho, and the other one is from Girhizer camp," Hussein Qaedi, head of the Duhok office for rescuing Yezidis, told Rudaw.
The four were rescued in Deir ez-Zor.
Of the 6,417 Yezidis documented to have been captured by ISIS, 3,248 have so far been rescued, according to official figures.
"Three of these girls are from the village of Kocho, and the other one is from Girhizer camp," Hussein Qaedi, head of the Duhok office for rescuing Yezidis, told Rudaw.
The four were rescued in Deir ez-Zor.
Of the 6,417 Yezidis documented to have been captured by ISIS, 3,248 have so far been rescued, according to official figures.