A 16-year-old Swedish teen has been rescued from ISIS by Iraqi/Kurdish troops in Iraq, the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) said Tuesday.
The girl, identified as Marlin Stivani Nivarlain, was rescued by counter-terrorism forces near the the Islamic State-controlled city of Mosul.
Nivarlain, from the city of Borås in southern Sweden, traveled to Syria after being "misled" by an ISIS member, the statement said.
The KRG said she was rescued on Feb. 17 after "we were called upon by Swedish authorities and her family to help rescue her."
"She's currently in the Kurdistan region. We are working with Swedish authorities to allow her to return home as quickly as possible," the statement said.
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