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Middle East - Iraq, Qaraqosh: Damaged caused by ISIS members to the Mar Shmoni church, ISIS destroyed all the churches in the city of Qaraqosh, also known as Al-Hamdaniya in Arabic. This was the largest Christian town in Iraq before fleeing when the ISIS militants entered the town. The Nineveh Plain Protection Unit (NPU) is a militia was assembled by local Christians who felt Kurdish and Iraqi forces had abandoned them as Islamic State stormed their land and are now protecting their town from any other threat.