ISIS forced the Christians of the Nineveh plain around Mosul to flee. Now they are returning, but in the key town of Qaraqosh, the fighting rages on.
The Daily Beast: The Painful Liberation of Iraq’s Christian Heartland
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ISIS forced the Christians of the Nineveh plain around Mosul to flee. Now they are returning, but in the key town of Qaraqosh, the fighting rages on.
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With fighting still ongoing on the other side of the river, some semblance of normality is slowly returning to eastern Mosul.