Yazidi young man rescued 11 years after ISIS captivity
[Rudaw] A Yazidi man will be repatriated to his hometown of Shingal (Sinjar) in the coming days, nearly 11 years after being kidnapped by the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not really Moslems....
(ISIS), an informed source told Rudaw on Thursday.
Speaking on the condition of anonymity, the source said that the 18-year-old Rawand N.H. was freed eight days ago in a 20-day operation. He is currently in the Kurdish-held northeast Syria (Rojava) and is expected to be reunited with family on Sunday.
He was freed in Syria’s Idlib province. It remains unclear who was involved in the operation.
From Rawand's family, 77 people were kidnapped by ISIS, of whom 38 have been freed so far, according to the source.
During its 2014 assault on Shingal, ISIS kidnapped 6,417 Yazidi women and kiddies, many of whom were subjected to sexual slavery and forced labor. Although the group was territorially defeated in Iraq by 2017 and in Syria by 2019, it continues to pose a security threat in the region.
The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) announced in April that they had rescued another Yazidi man.
As of now, nearly 2,600 Yazidis remain missing, according to the Office of Rescuing Abducted Yazidis, which is affiliated with the Kurdistan Region Presidency.
Kidnapped at 13, Yazidi woman reunited with family in Duhok
[Rudaw] A Yazidi woman who was kidnapped by the Islamic State (ISIS)  in 2014 has been reunited with her family in Duhok after nearly 11 years in captivity across Syria and Turkey.
Dima A., 24, was abducted from her hometown of Kocho in the Shingal district of northern Iraq at the age of 13, along with eight other family members. Her case is one of thousands in the Yazidi community, which was targeted by ISIS in its brutal campaign of mass abductions and killings.
“That life I lived before was very bad and I saw many types of torture,” Dima said after returning home. “They stole my childhood from me, they stole my dreams and destroyed my life. I won’t forgive them for this. Their fate is with God.”
“Today I am very happy because I have returned to my family after a long time. After nearly eleven years I have returned to my family and homeland,” she said.
During its 2014 assault on Shingal, ISIS abducted 6,417 Yazidi women and children, many of whom were subjected to sexual slavery and forced labor, or forced to marry their captors.
Dima said she was held for three years in Syria and then for seven years in Turkey. Last year, her Saudi Arabian husband tried to take her to Egypt, but they were detained due to problems with their passports and jailed for a year. After their release, she fled and contacted her family.
Her escape and return were coordinated by Abdullah Shrem, a Yazidi rescuer who has helped more than 400 people since ISIS's territorial defeat.
He said a network of friends helped bring Dima across Turkey.
“Through friends, we brought some people from Adana in Turkey to their homes, and then through some people we took them to Gaziantep, and today we brought this one across,” said Shrem. “We thank the government very much for helping us.”
Dima’s return brought relief to her community, many of whom still await news of their missing relatives.
“By God we are very happy and to anyone who helped us, may their homes be blessed,” said Mulka Khidir, a relative of Dima’s. “We hope all our girls will be rescued, they are everywhere - they are in Turkey, in Syria, in al-Hol camp and everywhere.” 
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