Shkoi Kurdistan-
After seven years of separation, 19-year-old Asima Jasim was reunited with her family in Duhok on Sunday.
The Yazidi woman was abducted by the Islamic State (ISIS) group when she was a child after they attacked her hometown Gir Zerk in southern Shingal during the summer of 2014.
She was held in al-Hol camp in northeastern (Rojava) Syria until December, when she was moved to a Yazidi House, an organization providing safety to the ethno-religious minority.
She has now joined her family members at the Bersiv 2 Camp in Kurdistan Region town of Zakho.
“I am very happy to have arrived here to rejoin my relatives and clan. Thanks be to God, they are here. I am very grateful to those who assisted me,” said Jasim.
Her mother, father, four brothers and two sisters have been missing since they were captured by ISIS.
According to the Office for Abducted Yazidi Affairs, there are 400 to 500 Yazidis at al-Hol – home to thousands of families suspected to have links with ISIS.
“I have been to the al-Hol Camp. There are 400 to 500 Yazidi Kurds in the camp. The camp authorities are not helping at all. Last year, we sent a team to Rojava including religious clerics and the families of four victims. Staying in Rojava for one month, they never helped us,” Hussein Qyi, who heads the office said.
They have so far retrieved 3,544 Yazidis held in ISIS captivity, but 2,871 others remain missing, said the official.
