public beheadings and executions, and they would place the heads of their victims on these spikes as a gruesome reminder to others of what their fate might be should they decide to defy isis rule. it is also where isis sold its yazidi captives into sexual slavery. for the coalition of syrian backed democratic forces, the battle for raqqah was deeply personal. they vowed that rocky would be liberated at the hands of women. as we walk past some of their fighters, she says seeing them makes her happy. proud. women establish their bravery here, she says. it taught them their value beyond their value within the household. she tells us that she herself joined the fight against isis around three years ago. the final battles, she was just saying, were taking place in this entire area between the stadium that s right there and then the square that s behind us
kurdish official, most of the children are children, and the vast majority elderly. this is the second time that isis has released yazidi captives. the first in january where 250 yazidis were released, most of them elderly. we tonight know the exact conditions that led to their release. we know it was somehow coordinated through arabic tribal leaders southeast of the city of kirkuk. those who were released appearing in videos to be relieved, yes, but many in tears. seemingly continuing to be shocked. understandable given what it is that they have gone through. these yaz di is were captured in august when the terrorist august swept through their homes in the mountains. one cannot imagine what it is they must have gone through. skies still believed syracuse still believed to hold thousands. they have claimed to have enslaved 1,000 women and girls, going so far as to show family float as who to how they to