A Q&A with Col Sargis Sangari USArmy (Ret) 1. Col. Sangari, summarize the situation of the Assyrian Christians on the Nineveh Plains. The Assyrian Christian communities on the Nineveh Plains in Iraq, and also in northern Syria in the Khabur River Valley, are facing annhilation by the forces of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). According to UN sources an estimated 660,0000 Assyrians have been driven from their homes by ISIL forces and are now living as refugees in Iraq, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, and even Iran. 2. Which forces in Iraq are currently fighting ISIS and are...
