ISIS militants took this photo of Yazidi girl Nazdar Murat as part of a database the militants have put together of Yazidi girls and women they have enslaved. But by May, an ISIS crackdown reduced those numbers to just 39 in the last six weeks, according to figures provided by the Kurdistan regional government. Since then, Arab and Kurdish smugglers managed to free an average of 134 people a month. The thousands of Yazidi women and children were taken prisoner in August 2014, when ISIS fighters overran their villages in northern Iraq with the aim to eliminate the Kurdish-speaking minority because of its ancient faith. The fighters are assassinating smugglers who rescue the captives, just as funds to buy the women out of slavery are drying up.
In a fusion of ancient barbaric practices and modern technology, ISIS sells the women like chattel on smartphone apps and shares databases that contain their photographs and the names of their "owners" to prevent their escape through ISIS checkpoints. While the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is losing territory in its self-styled caliphate, it is tightening its grip on the estimated 3,000 women and girls held as sex slaves. Iraqi army has been 'crushing' ISIS, Canadian general says.Is ISIS preparing for 'Plan B' as losses mount?.It was shared with The Associated Press by an activist with the minority Yazidi community, whose women and children are being held as sex slaves by the extremists. The posting in Arabic appeared on an encrypted conversation along with ads for kittens, weapons and tactical gear. Her price has reached $12,500 and she will be sold soon." The advertisement on the Telegram app is as chilling as it is incongruous: A girl for sale is "Virgin.
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