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Iraqi Christians Slowly Return to War-Damaged Qaraqosh

Iraqi Christians return to Qaraqosh

Source: Dawood Baba Jacoub

In August of 2014, ISIS militants swept through towns near Mosul, Iraq, taking control and forcing thousands to flee. Among the towns was Qaraqosh, which was Iraq's largest Christian city with a population of 50,000. Listen to Dawood Baba Jacoub, the head of the Assyrian Democratic Movement branch in Qaraqosh speaking about thousands of burned and destroyed houses by ISIS and more.



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