


Mr. Siawesh, who is Assyrian, resigned in protest of the deteriorating situation of Christian citizens in Mosul and the Nineveh Plains.
Ankawa is an Assyrian town and the more than 70,000 refugees who have come there are mostly Assyrians. They lack food, water and shelter. International NGOs have been providing assistance but it is woefully inadequate. The KRG has provided no meaningful aid to these refugees.
Since capturing Mosul in June 10, ISIS has driven all Christians out of Mosul and destroyed, occupied or converted to mosques all Christian institutions in Mosul (churches, monasteries and cemeteries), numbering 45. All non-Sunni Muslim groups in Mosul -- Shabaks, Yazidis and Turkmen -- have been targeted by ISIS. 200,000 Assyrian have fled from Baghdede (Qaraqosh), Bartella, Karamles and dozens of Assyrian villages and towns in the Nineveh Plain north of Mosul. 150,000 Yazidis have fled from Sinjar and Zumar. 40,000 trapped on Shingal mountain. Thousands have died from exposure and thousands have been killed by ISIS.
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