2,867 Izadis Still Held by Daesh Terrorists: Office for Rescuing Abductees
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Hussein Koro of the Office for Rescuing Izadi Abductees said Monday that 2,867 Izadi people are still held in prisons of Daesh (ISIL or ISIS) terrorists.
Koro told Shafaq News Agency that the number of those who have been freed from the grip of Daesh militants so far has reached 6,417 people, indicating that this number includes women, children and a number of men who were kidnapped and captured during the terrorist group's invasion of Iraq’s Sinjar in 2014.
He added that 2,867 Izadis are still being held by Daesh militants, adding that the search for the rest is still underway, especially in al-Hol camp inside the Syrian territory.
Iraq's Izadis are a symbol of the suffering caused by Daesh during its reign over vast swathes of Syria and Iraq.
The terror group, which was largely defeated in Iraq and Syria in late 2017, stormed through Iraq's northwest in 2014 slaughtering thousands of men and boys and abducting women and girls to be abused as sex slaves.
Sinjar was recaptured in November 2015, during an operation by Iraqi forces.
