Tel-Kef (Tel Kepeh) mayor says 247 families arrived from Mosul
Nineveh- Assyria- Iraq
27-02-2010
A total of 247 families have left their homes in Mosul for Tel-Kef district and its neighboring villages, the mayor of the district said on Saturday.“The number of Christian families that arrived in the district throughout the past three days has reached 247,” Qassem Balo said.
Those displaced are currently staying in Alqosh, Batnaya and Tel-Squf (Tel-Sqeepa), north of Mosul City, the mayor explained. Dozens of Christians have moved to Tel-Kef, along with other districts, as a result of a recent surge in acts of violence against them.
The majority of Iraq’s Christians, are Assyrians, affiliated with different Churches and since the U.S. led invasion in March 2003, they have been subjected to severe acts of violence and as they form the weakest link in the Iraqi mosaic, they've been continuously ignored and marginalized by the local and foreign authorities which are governing Iraq at present in addition to being obscured by the media.
Mosul, the capital city of Nineveh province, lies 405 km north of Baghdad.
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