Christians are cautiously returning to Mosul, the once-bustling Iraqi city that for three years was the capital of the caliphate established by the Islamic State group.
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Although security is paramount, Iraqi Christians want to see reconciliation take place, enabling the country’s diverse mosaic of religions and ethnicities to live side by side.
Once Iraq recaptures Mosul, people will still need help, says archbishop
The military operation to liberate the Iraqi city of Mosul from the Islamic State group is not the only solution needed to get life back to normal, said Iraqi Archbishop Bashar Warda of Irbil.
Some Iraqis hopeful, but aid groups have concerns about Mosul offensive
Iraqi Christians are cautiously welcoming the start of the battle for Mosul and the Ninevah Plain, their ancestral homeland of the past 14 centuries from which they were brutally driven out by the Islamic State group more than two years ago.