Sonia’s Story
SONIA KHALIL BASHAR Sonia was 4 years old when ISIS kidnapped her, along with her entire Yazidi family, from the village of Wardya in Sinjar back in 2014. They were all taken to a prison in Mosul, where her siblings were separated a few weeks later from the rest of the family and disappeared. Sonia […]
Maryrose’s Story
Maryrose Maryrose was born in 1973 to a modest Muslim family in the Syrian village of Tabqa in Raqqa province (for security reasons her real name will remain undisclosed). She received her degree in English literature and married Abdel Latif Khatab in 2002. Her husband was a well-educated and open-minded man in a region known […]
Naveen’s Reunion
The following videos are never before seen footage of our CEO Tim Ballard with Naveen before reuniting with her mother! NINEVEH PLAINS, IRAQ – We are preparing Naveen to go home to her mother. They were separated for five years when ISIS kidnapped them and killed their father. Naveen was only 12 years old. They […]
TNF in Syria
Bombings in Syria have become so commonplace that Syrian citizens hardly react. Cities lie in shambles as relief efforts cannot keep up with the destruction. The bombings have taken the lives of countless innocent citizens, leaving families displaced and broken. Too often, children are orphaned as and some taken against their will, forced into human […]
Miled and Barakat Hussein Khalaf
Miled and Barakat are two Yazidi brothers from Sinjar, Iraq. In August 2014, ISIS captured them with the rest of their family when they were just 7 and 4 years old. They spent 6 months in several prisons in Mosul, Kafarmehrab and Talaafar, until their family was finally separated. The brothers were kept in Mosul […]
Barzan’s Story
Barzan Khalaf Amo Barzan is an 8-year-old Yazidi boy from Iraq. In 2014, ISIS invaded his hometown of Tal Qasab. After wreaking havoc on the town and its civilian population, ISIS fighters captured Barzan and his family who were hiding in a cache inside their home. They were loaded onto buses and moved to Mosul […]
Zeinal
12-Year old Zeinal, was an ISIS captive for almost five years. He lost both of his parents, was severely wounded during the siege of Baghuz and left for dead by his former captors. After The Nazarene Fund rescued Zeinal he had several operations to stabilize him, but, unfortunately, he had taken a turn for the […]
2 Twins
In 2017, two Yazidi children aged six and nine were successfully rescued from their ISIS captors. The highly risky and challenging operation took several days to complete as teams went deep inside Islamic State (ISIS) territory to retrieve the children. The young brother and sister were then moved into friendly territory and finally reunited with […]
Afaf
Afaf and her family are Syrian Christians from Idlib who miraculously escaped extremist fighters who were storming their hometown. Her family was on the run fleeing rebels and the extremist regime’s draft. Afaf’s family home and neighborhood were completely destroyed. Often, Christian conscripts are sent to the most dangerous fronts and never return. Afaf’s son […]
Saadiya Shano
7-year old Saadiya Shano, is a Yazidi girl from Shingal, Iraq. In 2014 ISIS captured her with her parents and her 6 siblings; she was only 11 months old. The family was moved from one prison to another until in 2015 Saadiya was separated from her parents and she completely vanished. But her luck was […]