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Yazidis returned to Iraq, thought to be released IS captives - witnesses

SINUNI, Iraq, March 1 - A group of Yazidi women and children returned to Iraq from Syria on Friday, several witnesses in the northern Iraqi town of Sinuni told Reuters.

The group includes three women and 18 children, thought to have been held in Islamic State captivity in Syria. They were greeted by residents of Sinuni, a Yazidi town north of Sinjar mountain.