Yazidi Woman Freed After a DECADE of ISIS Captivity!

In a significant operation, US-backed Kurdish forces in Syria achieved a poignant victory with the liberation of a 24-year-old 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 al-Hol 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 ISIS-led 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