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Voice of America
April 17, 2018
“IS group has been recruiting men and women in Qosh Tipa and Darzab districts. They are training women to fight,” Babar Eshchi Jawzjan, provincial council chief, told VOA. Joint Afghan and U.S. special forces operations are targeting IS militants in the northern Jawzjan and eastern Nangarhar provinces.
Kurdistan24
March 31, 2018
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region (Kurdistan 24) – Former President of the Kurdistan Region Masoud Barzani on Saturday extended his wishes to the Christians in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq who are celebrating Easter. “I extend my warm greetings and congratulations to our Christian brothers and sisters in theÃâà...
Al-Monitor
March 21, 2018
AL-QOSH, Iraq — “The Iraqi government was against everything Jewish after the Jews left in the '50s,” said Father Araam, a young Chaldean priest serving in the predominantly Christian town of al-Qosh, in northern Iraq. That, he explained, was why it has been indifferent to the fate of the sole remainingÃâà...
Aljazeera.com
November 7, 2017
A recent Kurdish referendum on separation from Iraq spurred the central government to military action, and now Christians in Al Qosh aren't sure what the future holds. Al Qosh remains under Kurdish control, but its inhabitants fear the possibility of losing their homeland and are continuing to look for ways toÃâà...
Kurdistan24
August 21, 2017
Although no Jews lived in al Qosh by the mid-19th century, and it was neither associated with a Jewish school nor synagogue, the shrine had strong links with the Jewish community. Shops and sleeping quarters were built next to it for the crowds of Jewish pilgrims who came annually during Shavuot. When these becameÃâà...
Al-Arabiya (blog)
February 22, 2016
The inhabitants of al-Qosh, a town 50 km to the north of Mosul, hastily fled when trouble first approached in 2014. But after the radical extremists withdrew without entering the town, many townsfolk returned, keeping alive a Christian presence that stretches back to the religion's early days. The rise of ISIS isÃâà...
