CWN - A Christian militia of 4,000 men has been formed to retake northern Iraqi territory from the Islamic State, according to a Newsweek report.
“The Assyrians want their land back and they-- as well as the Turkmen and the Yazidis-- are sending a message that we are going to come back and we are not going to leave our villages and towns and our cultures to be destroyed,” said Sajad Jiyad, an Iraq analyst.
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