Most Western humanitarian aid is failing to reach the thousands of Christians who have fled their homes as ISIS fighters have swept through Iraq and Syria, three Middle Eastern bishops said at the 134th Knights of Columbus convention in Toronto.

"It's time for election (in the United States) and also it is time to rethink American policy in the Middle East," said Chaldean Archbishop Bashar Warda of Irbil, in Kurdish-controlled northern Iraq. "Call on the government to direct the help directly to the people affected."