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Iraqi Army: Operation Ezra and Nofa Zaghla

iraqi army: Winnipeg Yazidi refugee learns her 12-year-old son is alive after rescue from ISIS Last week, 12-year-old Emad Mishko Tamo was rescued from ISIS after being held captive for nearly three years, according to CBC. The Iraqi army posted photos of the boy on social media that were seen by his uncle, who is in a refugee camp in Iraq. We have been in contact with Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada and we have been assured the IRCC is expediting this case, said Belle Jarniewski, who is a member of the Operation Ezra working group. That is how the boy's mother, Nofa Zaghla, learned her son is alive. Belle Jarniewski, a member of the Operation Ezra working group, called the boy's reappearance in Iraq 'a miracle.' Jaison Empson/ CBC This is a miracle. She had not seen him since they were captured by ISIS and separated in August 2014. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.