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November 22, 2016

Christianity returns to the towns of Iraq's Nineveh Plain

An Iraqi soldier guards St. Barbara Church Oct. 30 after it was recaptured from Islamic State militants in Qaraqosh. Similarly, in the town of Bashiqa, north of Mosul, the Mar Korkeis church was reopened after two years under Islamic State control.

MOSUL, IRAQ – Two years after the sound of church bells was replaced by the sound of explosives in Bashiqa, Iraq, just north of Mosul, Christians are again celebrating Mass after forcing the Islamic State out of their homeland.

Published in International