A female camel that was lost during the 1990 Iraqi invasion has come home after almost six years - pregnant.

Its owner, Mohammed al-Oweisher, told the Kuwait News Agency on Sunday that camels have been known to return to their pens after up to three months.But to return after more than five years, "it's a miracle that has never happened before," he said.

Al-Oweisher was so moved to see his camel, he wrote two verses of poetry thanking God.

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He lost all the camels and sheep he kept at a pen in Wafra, near the Saudi Arabian border, when Iraqi troops invaded Kuwait in 1990. After Iraqi troops were ousted in February 1991, he rebuilt and restocked the pen.

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