PHOTOS: 21 people flee IS, arrive in Gwer frontline

Sangar Ali 2016/06/15 13:11

On Tuesday evening, 21 people escaped from the so-called Islamic State (IS) in Mosul, northern Iraq, and arrived at the Peshmerga front line in Gwer, southeast Mosul.

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ERBIL, Kurdistan Region (Kurdistan24) – On Tuesday evening, 21 people escaped from the so-called Islamic State (IS) in Mosul, northern Iraq, and arrived at the Peshmerga front line in Gwer, southeast Mosul.

According to the group, they spent hours walking before finally arriving at the Peshmerga front line.

Peshmerga commanders on Gwer front line told Kurdistan24 that all 21 of them will be investigated by security then sent to the displaced person’s camps.

Commanders noted that IS often send their sleeper cells with those who flee from Mosul and move to the Kurdistan Region.

Photos by Alexandre Afonso

Editing by Karzan Sulaivany