A Calgary father who left his daughter in Iraq nearly three years ago has been convicted of child abduction but acquitted of international kidnapping. Zahraa Al-Aazawi was 10 years old when she left with her father for what was supposed to be a summer trip to Egypt with a plan to attend a resort to celebrate her 11th birthday. Instead, Al-Aazawi took his daughter to Iraq and left her with his family with the intention of having complete control over her education. Instead, Al-Aazawi took his daughter to Iraq, where he has two wives and a 20-year-old son. At first, according to text messages presented at trial, Zahraa told her mother she was scared and worried about what was happening to her.

Source: CBC News May 18, 2021 21:33 UTC