Swedish Girl in ISIS Hands Rescued Near Mosul by Kurds

 A Swedish girl just 16 years old was recently rescued from an ISIS stronghold near the city of Mosul, Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) said Tuesday.
Marlin Stivani Nivarlain, from the city of Borås in southern Sweden, reportedly traveled to the Middle East
after being "misled by an [ISIS] member in Sweden to travel to Syria and later to Mosul," the KRG said, according to NBC News. 

She was reportedly pregnant at the time, and seeing a 19-year-old boy whom she traveled with to the Middle East.

She was subsequently rescued on Wednesday at the request of her home government, as well as friends and family. She is currently being "provided the care afforded to her under international law" in the Kurdistan region, and officials expect to transfer her back to Sweden soon.