(MENAFN) Iraq has in its custody more than 1.300 women and children from IS group families who surrendered to Kurdish Peshmerga forces.
In late August, Iraqi troops ousted IS group from the jihadists' one-time stronghold of Tal Afar, near Iraqi Kurdistan, after facing fierce resistance in the town of Al-Ayadieh.
Moreover, forces settled them in a camp for the displaced near Mosul, 70 kilometers east of Tal Afar.
One of Iraqi Kurdish leader said that many jihadists are trying to sneak out amid the displaced.
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