Iraqi Catholic Christians attend Easter Sunday mass at Qaraqosh's Al Tahera (Immaculate Conception) Church in the Hamdaniyah district of Nineveh on Sunday. AFP
Iraqi Catholic Christians attend Easter Sunday mass at Qaraqosh's Al Tahera (Immaculate Conception) Church in the Hamdaniyah district of Nineveh on Sunday. AFP

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Iraq's beleaguered Christian community finds hope in Easter celebrations

There are thought to be only 300,000 Christians left in Iraq from a pre-2003 population of 1.5 million

Sinan Mahmoud
Sinan Mahmoud

April 17, 2022