Iraqi Christians in Qaraqosh, south of Mosul, are celebrating after their village was liberated from Isis.
Today, Asia News reported that on Tuesday October 18, a coalition of 30 thousand men, mainly Iraqi soldiers and Kurdish Peshmerga militia began their offensive to recapture Mosul, the jihadist stronghold in Iraq, and the Nineveh Plain.
Although their recapture of Qaraqosh is not totally complete, the hundreds of Christians who fled in 2014 are already celebrating with with dancing and singing, according to video footage of refugees in a reception centre in Erbil, in Iraqi Kurdistan. Others have chosen to mark the occasion by attending Mass.
