Two kidnapped Yazidis narrate ISIS atrocities against them
The two young Yazidis, Aziza Ali and Tawaf Dawood, who were kidnapped by ISIS mercenaries during the attack on Shengal district about 10 years ago, recount the moments of their kidnapping and what they were subjected to over these years at the hands of the mercenaries, and their feelings after the Women's Protection Units rescued them from the mercenaries.
The two young Yazidis who were rescued with a Yazidi girl by the Women's Protection Units, spoke to ANHA's agency about some of the details of the kidnapping and the crimes committed against them by ISIS mercenaries.
On August 1, the Women's Protection Units announced that they had rescued the two young Yazidis, Aziza Khalid (25 years old) in al-Hol Camp, and Tawaf Jetto (24 years old), who was arrested while trying to escape on the Syrian-Iraqi border. After investigating her, it was revealed that she was Yazidi. The Yazidi girl, Khunaf, who grew up with the young woman, Aziza Khalid, was also rescued.
The two young Yazidis were children when they were kidnapped by ISIS mercenaries during their attack on the Shengal district on August 3, 2014.
Aziza Ali
The young Yazidi woman, Aziza Ali, from the village of Kojo in the Shengal district, says that over the past 10 years she has experienced all kinds of suffering, torture, and persecution at the hands of ISIS mercenaries.
Aziza was 15 years old when ISIS kidnapped her. She is now 25 years old, and she expresses this by saying: "Ten years of my life were wasted."
Aziza recalled the massacre committed by ISIS mercenaries against the Yazidi community, and the moments of her kidnapping, saying: "It was one of the most difficult moments I have ever experienced in my life." Aziza was transferred to Tal Afar district after her kidnapping, then to the Syrian city of Raqqa, where the kidnapped Yazidi women, including Aziza, were handed over to the families of the ISIS mercenaries, according to the young Yazidi woman, who also indicated that the mercenaries later transferred her to several other areas in Raqqa, Tabqa, Mayadeen, al-Bab, and Aleppo.
The ISIS mercenaries forced Aziza to convert to Islam and learn the Holy Quran, and the mercenaries also forcibly married her several times. Aziza describes her feelings, saying: "I was not convinced by what I was being forced to do, as I am a young Yazidi woman and I have my own religion." Aziza added that she heard of many cases of suicide, sexual assault, and forced marriage of Yazidi women by ISIS, in addition to the fact that they were forbidden from leaving the house and working all day in the service of the mercenaries' families, according to her.
After the retreat of ISIS mercenaries in the face of the operations of the Syrian Democratic Forces, which eliminated them geographically in the last stronghold of the mercenaries in Baghouz in 2019, Aziza was transferred with the families of ISIS mercenaries to al-Hol Camp, the farthest city of Hasakah in al-Jazira canton in the region of North and East Syria.
On the first of August, the Women's Protection Units were able to rescue Aziza Ali from the hands of ISIS mercenaries in al-Hol Camp, as Aziza expressed that she feels happy because she will return to her village and meet her family members again.
Tawaf Jetto
The other young Yazidi woman, Tawaf Dawood Jato (24 years old), was kidnapped by ISIS mercenaries along with her sister and 31 other young women from the Tawaf clan in Sinjar district.
Over the past 10 years, Tawaf Dawood has been subjected to torture, persecution, sexual and physical assault, and other crimes by ISIS mercenaries.
The Women's Protection Units had previously rescued Tawaf's sister, who was kidnapped by ISIS during the liberation of the town of Baghouz from ISIS in 2019.
The young Yazidi woman expressed her sincere thanks to the Women's Protection Units for rescuing her and other young Yazidi women from the hands of ISIS mercenaries.
T/Satt.
ANHA
Two kidnapped Yazidis narrate ISIS atrocities against them
The two young Yazidis who were rescued with a Yazidi girl by the Women's Protection Units, spoke to ANHA's agency about some of the details of the kidnapping and the crimes committed against them by ISIS mercenaries.
On August 1, the Women's Protection Units announced that they had rescued the two young Yazidis, Aziza Khalid (25 years old) in al-Hol Camp, and Tawaf Jetto (24 years old), who was arrested while trying to escape on the Syrian-Iraqi border. After investigating her, it was revealed that she was Yazidi. The Yazidi girl, Khunaf, who grew up with the young woman, Aziza Khalid, was also rescued.
The two young Yazidis were children when they were kidnapped by ISIS mercenaries during their attack on the Shengal district on August 3, 2014.
Aziza Ali
The young Yazidi woman, Aziza Ali, from the village of Kojo in the Shengal district, says that over the past 10 years she has experienced all kinds of suffering, torture, and persecution at the hands of ISIS mercenaries.
Aziza was 15 years old when ISIS kidnapped her. She is now 25 years old, and she expresses this by saying: "Ten years of my life were wasted."
Aziza recalled the massacre committed by ISIS mercenaries against the Yazidi community, and the moments of her kidnapping, saying: "It was one of the most difficult moments I have ever experienced in my life." Aziza was transferred to Tal Afar district after her kidnapping, then to the Syrian city of Raqqa, where the kidnapped Yazidi women, including Aziza, were handed over to the families of the ISIS mercenaries, according to the young Yazidi woman, who also indicated that the mercenaries later transferred her to several other areas in Raqqa, Tabqa, Mayadeen, al-Bab, and Aleppo.
The ISIS mercenaries forced Aziza to convert to Islam and learn the Holy Quran, and the mercenaries also forcibly married her several times. Aziza describes her feelings, saying: "I was not convinced by what I was being forced to do, as I am a young Yazidi woman and I have my own religion." Aziza added that she heard of many cases of suicide, sexual assault, and forced marriage of Yazidi women by ISIS, in addition to the fact that they were forbidden from leaving the house and working all day in the service of the mercenaries' families, according to her.
After the retreat of ISIS mercenaries in the face of the operations of the Syrian Democratic Forces, which eliminated them geographically in the last stronghold of the mercenaries in Baghouz in 2019, Aziza was transferred with the families of ISIS mercenaries to al-Hol Camp, the farthest city of Hasakah in al-Jazira canton in the region of North and East Syria.
On the first of August, the Women's Protection Units were able to rescue Aziza Ali from the hands of ISIS mercenaries in al-Hol Camp, as Aziza expressed that she feels happy because she will return to her village and meet her family members again.
Tawaf Jetto
The other young Yazidi woman, Tawaf Dawood Jato (24 years old), was kidnapped by ISIS mercenaries along with her sister and 31 other young women from the Tawaf clan in Sinjar district.
Over the past 10 years, Tawaf Dawood has been subjected to torture, persecution, sexual and physical assault, and other crimes by ISIS mercenaries.
The Women's Protection Units had previously rescued Tawaf's sister, who was kidnapped by ISIS during the liberation of the town of Baghouz from ISIS in 2019.
The young Yazidi woman expressed her sincere thanks to the Women's Protection Units for rescuing her and other young Yazidi women from the hands of ISIS mercenaries.
T/Satt.
ANHA
