Iraqi forces free group of Yazidi women from Islamic State: ministryBAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi security forces freed a group of Yazidi women held captive by Islamic State in a covert operation behind the group’s lines, a defense ministry statement said on Wednesday.It did not say how many women were freed, when or where. Islamic State captured around 5,000 Yazidi men and women in the northern region of Sinjar in summer 2014. Some 2,000 have managed to escape or hav
