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Iraq’s Christian refugees: ‘They are bewildered’
I’ve been down to the St Joseph Church in Irbil, where Christians from Mosul and Qaraqosh are seeking sanctuary. They told us how the mere sound of the Islamic State made them flee their homes.
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In June, C4 News spoke to Christians forced into hiding after IS militants captured the city of Mosul in Iraq. They told refugees they should “trust” them , and promised not to hurt them.
In an exclusive interview, Yazidi leader Mirza Dinnayi claims Islamic State jihadists killed more than 350 men – far more than the 80 previously reported – and abducted 1,000 women and children.
Islamic militants in Iraq reportedly massacre 80 members of the Yazidi minority, although reports emerge of a far larger number being killed.
I’ve been down to the St Joseph Church in Irbil, where Christians from Mosul and Qaraqosh are seeking sanctuary. They told us how the mere sound of the Islamic State made them flee their homes.
Displaced people from the minority Yazidi sect fleeing violence in Iraq take refuge in camps across Dohuk. Channel 4 News has been on the ground speaking to the refugees.
The barbarians are inside the property. The task is urgent, but the changes needed will take many months and years. Haider al-Abadi has an all but impossible task.
Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari tells Channel 4 News friends of the country should support its battle against the Islamic State by carrying out air strikes against the militants.
Conservative MPs Rory Stewart and Nadim Zahawi are in Iraq on a fact-finding mission. Mr Zahawi says he is “very worried” about young Britons joining the Islamic State.
The European Union welcomes moves by member states, including the UK, to supply arms and ammunition to Kurdish fighters trying to halt the advance of Islamist militants in Iraq.
The SAS is reported to be on the ground in Iraq, as the US reports seeing fewer civilians trapped on a mountain by Islamic State fighters than previously feared.
David Cameron says “detailed plans are now being put in place” for an international mission to Iraq but will they be enough to help the thousands of Yazidi refugees still stranded on Mount Sinar?
A suicide bomber attacks a checkpoint near the home of new Iraqi prime minister designate Haider al-Abadi, as he begins his efforts to unite the country against jihadi militants.
In northern Iraq, the UN estimates that some 30,000 Yazidi refugees are on the move – driven from their homes and villages by the Islamic State fighters. And many of them want to flee Iraq for good.
So far today I have only seen one Iraqi helicopter take off; the others were deployed on bombing missions against IS jihadists. Instead of being loaded with water, they were armed with rockets.
The pilot told me before he took off that he was worried he had too many passengers on board.