“I can't leave my people, though I understand completely why they are going. The situation has become intolerable.”

— Yousif Abba

‘The Church is finished’ – Iraq’s Christians under siege https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/world-insider/the-church-is-finished-iraqs-christians-under-siege/article21820308/ (November 28, 2014)

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