Daesh training Izadi children as bombers and executioners: Kurdish official
Over 1,600 Izadi children have been trained by the Daesh terrorist group as suicide bombers and executioners over the past three years, says a Kurdish official.
The director of the Izadi Affairs Office of the Kurdistan Regional Government was quoted by the DPA as saying on Saturday that these children trained by the Takfiri terrorists are a global threat.
“It cannot be ruled out that Daesh could use them in terrorist actions in European countries as well as the US, Arab countries or elsewhere,” he noted.
According to recent figures, a total of 6,417 Izadis have managed to flee from the terrorists and were rescued by various liberating forces. Reports show that at least 9,900 Izadis were killed in the first few days of Daesh's operations in Iraq in 2017.
Back in August 2014, Daesh terrorists overran Sinjar, killing, raping, and enslaving large numbers of Izadis. The town was recaptured on November 13, 2015, during a two-day operation by Peshmerga forces and Izadi fighters.
The Office of Kidnapped Affairs in the northern Iraqi city of Dohuk says around 3,500 Izadi Kurds are currently being held captive in the Daesh-held areas, and that a large proportion of the abductees are women and children.
Meanwhile, Iraqi forces announced that 15 terrorists were killed and a large amount of their equipment was destroyed during operations launched earlier in the day.
The Iraqi “air force killed fifteen Daesh terrorists, including seven foreigners, and destroyed two booby-trapped vehicles near al-Jomhouri hospital in west of Mosul,” said a statement.
On Friday, Iraqi federal police announced that they had gained control of over 30 percent of al-Shifa, the last district held by Daesh terrorists near western Mosul’s Old City.
The Iraqi army soldiers and allied volunteer fighters have been leading a major operation to recapture the city since October 2016. They took control of eastern Mosul in January and launched the battle in the west in February.
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