BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:40 A.M.) – Three Yazidis were rescued in eastern Syria on Wednesday after being held prisoner by the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL/IS/Daesh) for nearly five years.

According to the Kurdistan Region’s Special Office for Yezidi Abductees Affairs, the three Yazidis – who are aged 12, 30, and 40 – were freed by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) during their ongoing offensive to capture the last areas occupied by the Islamic State in the eastern Euphrates region.

The Islamic State had reportedly kidnapped these three Yazidis after they entered the Sinjar region in 2014.

The Kurdistan Region’s Special Office for Yezidi Abductees Affairs said that so far 3,352 out of 6,417 Yazidis have been rescued from the Islamic State’s captivity since 2014.

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