Displaced Iraqi people from the minority Yazidi sect, fleeing violence in the Iraqi town of Sinjar west of Mosul, walk at the Qadia camp on the outskirts of Dohuk province December 7, 2014.
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At Least 160,000 Iraqi Christians Flee Mosul: Iraqi MP -- Press TV
At least 160,000 Iraqi Christians have been forced out of their homes in the city of Mosul after the ISIL Takfiri terrorists seized Iraq's second-largest city in June, a Christian lawmaker says.
"Christian families have been displaced from the city because of violence and death threats from this terrorist group," the parliament member, Emad Yukhana, said on Saturday.
He added that few European countries had taken in some of the displaced Iraqi Christians.
"The majority of Christians have taken shelter in [northern Iraqi semi-autonomous] Kurdistan [region]," the lawmaker said.
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Update: 160,000 Iraqi Christians flee Mosul in Iraq (IANS)
My Comment: Western news agencies have a long history of ignoring the plight of the Christian community in the Middle East .... but kudos to Press TV .... a pro-Iranian Islamic news service .... who feels that at least someone should cover this humanitarian disaster.
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