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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 423

Qaraqosh

During the ongoing battle against Islamic State group an Iraqi forces tank advances towards the village of Salmani, south of Mosul, October 30, 2016. (AFP/AHMAD AL-RUBAYE)
October 31, 2016, 4:14 pm
Advancing Iraqi forces near Mosul city limits
Elite unit commander denies reports that some troops are already battling Islamic State group inside jihadi-held city
By Sarah Benhaida and Ahmad Al-Rubaye
An Iraqi Christian forces member stands in the Church of the Immaculate Conception on October 30, 2016 in the town of Qaraqosh (also known as Hamdaniya), 30 kms east of Mosul, after Iraqi forces recaptured it from Islamic State (IS) group jihadists. (AFP/ SAFIN HAMED)
October 31, 2016, 4:55 am
First mass in two years held in Iraq’s main Christian town
Syriac Catholic Archbishop of Mosul and four other priests officiate over prayer service in burnt out church in Qaraqosh
By Thibauld MALTERRE and Safa Majeed
Eighteen month old Iraqi Christian refugee Maryam at the Shevet Achim headquarters in Jerusalem, February 2015 (photo credit: Lazar Berman/Times of Israel)
February 26, 2015, 4:27 pm
Israeli doctors try to save Christian baby who fled Islamic State
A refugee running out of time and options for her sick daughter, Aramaic speaker Lina hopes her prayers will be answered in Jerusalem
By Lazar Berman
Patriarch of the Chaldean Church, Louis Raphael Sako (L) speaks with Archbishop of Lyon Monseigneur Philippe Barbarin during mass at Saint Marilia church in Erbil, attended by Iraqis who fled the violence in the northern city of Mosul after Islamic State group militants took control of the area, in the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq, on December 6, 2014. (photo credit: AFP PHOTO / SAFIN HAMED)
December 7, 2014, 4:11 am
Pope says Christians ‘being driven from Mideast’
Francis’s message of support coincides with visit by French cardinal to Iraqi Kurdistan
By Gregory Danel
The northern Iraqi town of Qaraqosh before the ISIS invasion. (photo credit: Wikicommons media/Chaldean)
August 7, 2014, 1:20 pm
Jihadist offensive in Iraq sparks mass Christian exodus
Tens of thousands said to be fleeing for their lives as Islamic State fighters sweep across Kurdish area
By Marwan Ibrahim
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