article_snippet.sent: The 216 prisoners have been held captive in the Islamic State since last summer when militants attacked militants villages in the area around Sinjar in northwestern Iraq.
article_snippet.sent: The 216 prisoners have been held captive in the Islamic State since last summer when militants attacked militants villages in the area around Sinjar in northwestern Iraq .
highlights_snippet.sent: Prisoners spent nearly a year in Isis captivity, Kurdish military has said .
  