Women Throw Away Their Niqabs After Being Liberated From ISIS In Iraq. Photos

Women Throw Away Their Niqabs After Being Liberated From ISIS In Iraq. Photos

Iraqi women have celebrated being liberated from the rule of ISIS regime by throwing off their hated niqabs in parts of the city of Mosul. 'Today I feel reborn,' said one woman as she threw off the hated symbol of oppression by ISIS, who are known by their enemies in Iraq as Daesh.

Brutal ISIS makes the wearing of a niqab or burka mandatory for women, and they face severe punishment if they refuse.

Earlier this year there were similar scenes after ISIS were driven out of the city of Manbij in Syria.

Crowds of delighted women and children took to the streets there, cheering and clapping as a bystander set her burka ablaze.