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April 25
- Syria's uneasy Christians feel both sides closing in Ian Black, The Guardian
April 23
- Syria's beleaguered Christians BBC News
December 6
- Two more Christians murdered overnight in Baghdad AsiaNews
July 6
- Another Christian killed in Mosul Layla Yousif Rahema, AsiaNews
December 23
- 2 killed in Iraq church bombing CNN
December 18
- Another targeted killing against Mosul’s Christian community AsiaNews
November 15
- In the Iraq war, Christians pushed to the brink Alice Fordham, The Christian Science Monitor
July 13
- Iraqi Christians defiant in face of church attacks EarthTimes
July 12
- Seven churches hit in Baghdad. Four dead AsiaNews
May 14
- An armed band kidnap a Christian teacher in Kirkuk AsiaNews
April 28
- Iraqi cleric condemns slaying of Christians By Yahya Barzaanji, AP
April 7
- All the Christian denominations at funeral for slain priest AsiaNews
April 5
- Iraqi priest shot dead in Baghdad BBC
March 4
- Kidnappers of Mosul bishop, raise the ransom AsiaNews
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