02:02Christian Iraqis continue to feel threatened in the Assyrian Christian village of Qaraqosh, which is also known in Arabic as Bakhdida, Tuesday, despite the liberation of the village in October 2016, from the self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS; formerly ISIS/ISIL).
Several residents of the village continue to live in camps in Erbil, lacking basic needs including water and electricity.
The Nineveh Plan Protection Unit (NPU), an Assyrian Christian Militia which participated in the liberation of Qaraqosh along with the Iraqi Armed Forces, is taking up the task of protecting the city.
NPU Brigadier Behnam Aboush said that Iraqi Christians feel they are in danger "because of Daesh and the negligence of the state," warning that if the status quo prevails, "in a year or two, you will not find a single Christian in Iraq."
About 55,000 civilians had fled the majority-Christian town of Qaraqosh, 32km (20 miles) from the embattled Mosul.
Iraq: Iraqi Christians hesitant to return to Qaraqosh despite defeat of IS
Christian Iraqis continue to feel threatened in the Assyrian Christian village of Qaraqosh, which is also known in Arabic as Bakhdida, Tuesday, despite the liberation of the village in October 2016, from the self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS; formerly ISIS/ISIL).
Several residents of the village continue to live in camps in Erbil, lacking basic needs including water and electricity.
The Nineveh Plan Protection Unit (NPU), an Assyrian Christian Militia which participated in the liberation of Qaraqosh along with the Iraqi Armed Forces, is taking up the task of protecting the city.
NPU Brigadier Behnam Aboush said that Iraqi Christians feel they are in danger "because of Daesh and the negligence of the state," warning that if the status quo prevails, "in a year or two, you will not find a single Christian in Iraq."
About 55,000 civilians had fled the majority-Christian town of Qaraqosh, 32km (20 miles) from the embattled Mosul.
Christian Iraqis continue to feel threatened in the Assyrian Christian village of Qaraqosh, which is also known in Arabic as Bakhdida, Tuesday, despite the liberation of the village in October 2016, from the self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS; formerly ISIS/ISIL).
Several residents of the village continue to live in camps in Erbil, lacking basic needs including water and electricity.
The Nineveh Plan Protection Unit (NPU), an Assyrian Christian Militia which participated in the liberation of Qaraqosh along with the Iraqi Armed Forces, is taking up the task of protecting the city.
NPU Brigadier Behnam Aboush said that Iraqi Christians feel they are in danger "because of Daesh and the negligence of the state," warning that if the status quo prevails, "in a year or two, you will not find a single Christian in Iraq."
About 55,000 civilians had fled the majority-Christian town of Qaraqosh, 32km (20 miles) from the embattled Mosul.