IRAQ | AUG. 24, 2020 — Turkish Attacks Displace Christians in Kurdistan
IRAQ — Turkish Attacks Displace Christians in Kurdistan
VOM has distributed aid previously in the Dohuk region
Turkish bombardments in northern Iraq this summer have displaced Christians in the Zakho district for the second time since 2014.
. In June, Turkey staged a military operation against the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) that extended all the way to Dohuk province, which is home to a large concentration of Christians. About 80 families were displaced and 10 churches closed. Some of these same Christians were displaced by the advance of the self-proclaimed Islamic State (ISIS) in the summer of 2014, and only about 40 percent had returned to their villages since that invasion. Many families have suffered great economic losses as a result of leaving their fruit farms behind.
Iraqi Christians ask us to pray that the Lord will grant them wisdom, peace and guidance.