Iraq rescue: video shows US prison raid freeing 70 hostages from Isis (video)

Kurdish authorities have released a dramatic video of a hostage rescue against the Islamic state in Iraq on Friday. The raid was carried out in conjunction with US special forces on a compound in northern Iraq, aimed at freeing peshmerga fighters, following intelligence that Kurdish fighters were being imprisoned there by the militant group


A line of panicked men in traditional ankle-length robes are seen running past the camera, some with their hands up, as men scream at them in Arabic, saying “let’s go, let’s go” while gunfire rings out constantly in the background.

The soldiers can be seen walking through a dark room with the black flag of Isis draped on the wall. The rescued hostages are then frisked for weapons and led away. Officials said later that about 20 of those rescued were members of the Iraqi security forces.