Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you very much for this question. I think the focus was given to the Yezidis. I described how they were treated in a different way. There were more damages. They suffered a lot. The Christians who fled to Erbil, Duhok, and Slemani were welcomed by the church agencies. It wa

Foreign Affairs committee  According to our information, there are no Iraqi Christians under the control of ISIL, although we hear in the media that there is a price for Christian women. We have one account of only three people who are elderly. One of them was visited at the hospital. He couldn't leave the

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you very much for the question. Yes, unfortunately, as Reverend Majed mentioned, ISIL started with only 1,500 fighters and now they are estimated to be at 30,000. We have to understand the mentality of these people. These people are coming to die at any price. They are com

Foreign Affairs committee  Actually, all our sources of information from Mosul confirm that they have absolute control, especially with the sympathy shown by the people of Mosul. Just to back up a little bit, there was always a tension between the Muslims of Mosul and the Christians, although it was some

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you very much for the question. I can see that the key is the integration between the principles and the values of human rights, and the values of each and every religion. If we have an integration then there is no problem. The problem in the Middle East, especially with

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you very much. Honourable members of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development, dear friends, and Your Grace, I am blessed and honoured to be with you this morning and also honoured today to represent one of the most ancient civilizations on e