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Ten years after the so-called Islam ic State swept across Iraq and Syria, only a handful of Christian families have returned to their homes in the city of Mosul.Elderly parents of Hong Kong emigrants endure loneliness, depressionAfter being forced to leave their homes in the Iraqi city of Mosul because of religious extremism and violence ten years ago, very few Christian families have returned home.
"Our church, dedicated to the Holy Spirit, was looted by gangs of thieves while the city was being taken over by IS. However, the Muslim families living nearby called the Islamist militiamen, who intervened and put an end to the looting,” said Archbishop Nona. By June 2015, IS controlled a third of Iraq and almost half of Syria, threatened Libya and was a member of dozens of armed groups in the Middle East and Africa.
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