Iraq Christians flee as Islamic State takes Qaraqosh | BREAKING NEWS - 07 AUG 2014
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Thousands of Christians are reported to be fleeing after Islamic militants seized the minority's biggest town in Iraq.
The Islamic State (IS) group captured Qaraqosh in the north overnight after the withdrawal of Kurdish forces.
An international Christian organisation said at least a quarter of Iraq's Christians were leaving Qaraqosh and other surrounding towns.
IS has seized large parts of Iraq and Syria to create an Islamic caliphate.
Kurdish forces, known as the Peshmerga, have been fighting the Sunni militants in the north for weeks.
The French organisation Fraternite en Irak said on its Facebook page (in French) that a majority of inhabitants of Nineveh province had fled as the militants took over Qaraqosh.
The town, home to some 50,000 Christians, is located 30km (19 miles) southeast of the city of Mosul, which was captured by IS in June.
According to Fraternite en Irak, the commander of the Peshmerga in Qaraqosh told the town's archbishop late on Wednesday that the forces were abandoning their posts.
The Kurdish fighters also retreated from other surrounding Christian towns, including Tel Eskof and Qaramless.
Several archbishops in Nineveh have now confirmed that the towns had fallen.
Iraq is home to one of the world's most ancient Christian communities, but numbers have dwindled amid growing sectarian violence since the US-led invasion in 2003.
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Thousands of Christians are reported to be fleeing after Islamic militants seized the minority's biggest town in Iraq.
The Islamic State (IS) group captured Qaraqosh in the north overnight after the withdrawal of Kurdish forces.
An international Christian organisation said at least a quarter of Iraq's Christians were leaving Qaraqosh and other surrounding towns.
IS has seized large parts of Iraq and Syria to create an Islamic caliphate.
Kurdish forces, known as the Peshmerga, have been fighting the Sunni militants in the north for weeks.
The French organisation Fraternite en Irak said on its Facebook page (in French) that a majority of inhabitants of Nineveh province had fled as the militants took over Qaraqosh.
The town, home to some 50,000 Christians, is located 30km (19 miles) southeast of the city of Mosul, which was captured by IS in June.
According to Fraternite en Irak, the commander of the Peshmerga in Qaraqosh told the town's archbishop late on Wednesday that the forces were abandoning their posts.
The Kurdish fighters also retreated from other surrounding Christian towns, including Tel Eskof and Qaramless.
Several archbishops in Nineveh have now confirmed that the towns had fallen.
Iraq is home to one of the world's most ancient Christian communities, but numbers have dwindled amid growing sectarian violence since the US-led invasion in 2003.
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