Chaldean Archbishop Bashar Warda of Erbil in Iraq says about 9,000 Christian families have returned to their homes on the Nineveh Plains after fleeing a decade ago, when ISIS took the region.
In June of 2014, the Islamist extremist group captured Mosul and the villages to the north and east of the city, prompting a mass exodus of Christians and Yazidis.
Speaking to Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), Warda noted the occupation of Mosul left other Christians on the Nineveh Plains vulnerable...