Iraq: it’s not over …

Most of Iraq’s Christians are descended from the Old Testament Assyrians,yet their days may be numbered. Wilfred Wong investigates.

With the re-capture of Mosul from so-called Islamic State (IS) some may mistakenly assume that the worst is over for the longsuffering, persecuted Christians of Iraq. Unfortunately, this is not the case at all. IS deliberately destroyed numerous Christian churches and villages before they withdrew from the Nineveh Plain in northern Iraq, making it much harder for the returning Christians to re-establish their homes and lives. The Nineveh Plain can be regarded as the last major stronghold of Iraq’s Christians, although various NonChristian communities also live there.