br pYazidi fighters with the Yekineyen Jınen Sengal (YJS) unit, based in northern Iraqi-Kurdistan, joined the Kurdish YPJ forces (Women’s Protection Units) in the coalitiona to retake Raqqa from the Islamic State.ppThis video, uploaded July 6, shows the Yazidi women arriving in Raqqa to a warm welcome from YPJ soldiers.ppAccording to Kurdish news outlet ANFa, on July 3 the YJS General Command issued a statement that they will participate in the operation to liberate Raqqa.ppThe statement reads: “As everybody knows, thousands of Yazidi women were enslaved by ISIS gangs after the genocide on the 3rd day of the 8th [August 2014] month. Most women were sold in Mosul markets, while many others were taken to Raqqa and other cities. As the Yazidi women’s army YJS, we have organized with the vengeance and freedom of the Yazidi women in mind.