ISIS(ICIA) Militants Have Overrun Iraq’s Largest Christian Town And Are 30 Minutes From The Kurdish Capital

Isabel Coles
BusinessInsider.com
Aug. 7, 2014

(Reuters) – Islamist militants surged across northern Iraq towards the capital of the Kurdish region on Thursday, sending tens of thousands of Christians fleeing for their lives, in an offensive that has alarmed the Baghdad government and world powers.

Reuters photographs showed Islamic State fighters controlling a checkpoint at the border area of the Kurdish semi-autonomous region, little over 30 minutes’ drive from Arbil, a city of 1.5 million that is headquarters to the Kurdish regional government and of many businesses.

Sunni militants earlier captured Iraq’s biggest Christian town, Qaraqosh, prompting many residents to flee, fearing they would be subjected to the same demands the Sunni militants made in other captured areas – leave, convert to Islam or face death.

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