Iraqi Christians celebrate in town retaken from IS
Iraqi Christians celebrated the feast of the Immaculate Conception on Friday in the town of Qaraqosh that was previously occupied for three years by jihadists of the Islamic State group. The bell tower of the church of the Immaculate Conception is still scarred by war, but its interior has been cleaned and signs of damage […]Iraqi Christians celebrated the feast of the Immaculate Conception on Friday in the town of Qaraqosh that was previously occupied for three years by jihadists of the Islamic State group.
The bell tower of the church of the Immaculate Conception is still scarred by war, but its interior has been cleaned and signs of damage erased.
Qaraqosh is some 30 kilometres (18 miles) from Iraq's second city Mosul, and before being taken by IS had some 50,000 residents.
