SMC: The liberation of a Yazidi girl kidnapped for ten years by ISIS

Baghdad - INA

The Security Media Cell announced today, Saturday, the liberation of a Yazidi girl who was kidnapped by ISIS in 2014.

The cell stated in a statement received by the Iraqi News Agency (INA), that “in implementation of the directives of the Prime Minister and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Muhammad Shiaa Al-Sudani, to follow up on the file of the kidnapped Yazidi women, the heroes of the Iraqi National Intelligence Service were able to free the Yazidi girl (Koufan Edo Kharto), who was kidnapped by ISIS gangs terrorist organization after its control of Sinjar district in 2014.”.

INIS added, "The operation was carried out based on accurate intelligence information about her whereabouts in Syrian territory, in order to reach her and return her to Iraq and hand her over to her family, who extended their thanks and gratitude to the Prime Minister and the intelligence service for the continued efforts to follow up on this file.".