Yazidi woman narrated her bitter story till liberated by SDF from IS grip

NISREEN ALI

Hundreds of Yazidi women of Şengal province had been kidnapped by IS and brutal crimes were committed against them, among them the young women Elham Dakhil Ali who is at 18 years, was kidnapped by IS with her sisters and mother.

During Al-Jazeera Tempest campaign, SDF managed to liberate the young woman Elham and handed her over to Yazidi house in al-Hasakah city, to be handed over to her relatives in Şengal province.

The story of torment and severe beating

Elham narrated her story saying: During IS mercenaries' attacks on our village in Şengal, they kidnapped me with my entire family taking us to Mosul governorate, I stayed for one week with my family, and then the mercenaries separated us from our family, where I transferred to al-Raqqa city which was taken as caliphate’s alleged capital as IS, I stayed in woman slaves headquarter that place was allocated to women to be sold later." 

Elham added: I was sold to mercenary named Abo Osma al-Jazrawi and in his turn, he sold me to another mercenary known as Abo Quakka al-Jazrawi, his job was security man, he got married to a young woman her name is Fatima, he sold this woman to another mercenary, and he had changed her name from Elham to Maryam forced her to convert of Islam, where I had married for 3 years from Abo Quakka, this man got married to many women during one year, not to mention the severe beating I was exposed daily." 

Elham said " After launching al-Raqqa campaign, IS took us to al-Mayadden city where we stayed for year and a half. During the air strike carried out by the regime forces, Abo Quakka al-Jazrawi was killed by air strike."

After killing of Abo Quakka, Elham remained with his other wife, whose brother was also from IS nicknamed Basil, where Basil took me as slave and raped me several times, and several weeks later Basil sold her to another mercenary, Basil was planning to flee from al-Mayadeen city, after I learned of his plan, he sold me for $ 800 to a mercenary named Abu Nada al-Shami.

IS gangs speaking Turkish language among themselves

Elham pointed out that the mercenaries prevented her from speaking the Kurdish language under the pretext that it was the language of infidels. "Turkish mercenaries spoke Turkish language among themselves, the Turkish border was open to them and all the mercenaries were entering Syria from the Turkish border."

Al-Jazeera Tempest campaign liberated her and brought her back to life

After SDF launched Al-Jazeera Tempest campaign, which aims to liberate the families from IS grip, these forces were able to liberate Elahm and hundreds of civilians. The forces handed them over to Yazidi House in al-Hasakah city, who will hand her over to their families in Şengal province.

"I thank SDF that liberated me, saved me from the nightmare I was living in, and brought me back to life," says Elham.

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ANHA