Special Forces rescue teen from Islamic State

24 February 2016 - 02:38
By ©The Daily Telegraph

Kurdish troops fighting Islamic State forces in northern Iraq say they have rescued a Swedish teenage girl "lured" there by an Isis fighter.The 16-year-old, identified as Marlin Stivani Nivarlain, was rescued from Isis's stronghold in the Iraqi city of Mosul on February 17, according to the Kurdistan Regional Security Council.

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