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Australian National Review - Exclusive: Ancient Monastery Town in Iraq Stood Against ISIS, Residents Refuse to Leave Until Today

Rabban Hormizd Monastery stands above Alqosh, Iraqi Kurdistan, one of the oldest continuously inhabited Christian towns on earth. Photo by Antonio Graceffo. “Three Kalashnikovs against my head,” said Samir, an Assyrian, former diamond and gold merchant, describing how al-Qaeda stole his business in Baghdad in 2010. “They took everything, all the gold, silver, jewels, everything. Only my life and my clothes survived.” He went on to say, “They did…

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Exclusive: Ancient Monastery Town in Iraq Stood Against ISIS, Residents Refuse to Leave Until Today

“Three Kalashnikovs against my head,” said Samir, an Assyrian, former diamond and gold merchant, describing how al-Qaeda stole his business in Baghdad in 2010.

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