IRBIL, Iraq—The Kurdish regional government in northern Iraq released a video Sunday purportedly showing the joint raid of a prison by U.S. and Kurdish peshmerga forces in which they released 70 hostages held by the Islamic State (ISIS).
The helmet camera footage allegedly shows the Thursday raid of the prison which was controlled by ISIS militants in the town of Huwija, 15 kilometers (9 miles) west of the Iraqi city of Kirkuk.
A line of panicked men in traditional ankle-length garments are seen running past the camera, some with their hands up, as Arabic-speaking men scream at them, “Let’s go! Let’s go!” Gunfire rings out non-stop in the background. The soldiers as seen walking through a dark room with the ISIS’s trademark black flag draped on the wall. The rescued hostages are then frisked for weapons and led away.
