Stating that the vast majority of displaced Iraqi Christians wish to
return home, the Chaldean Catholic Patriarchate has called for financial
assistance from the US, the EU, and the Iraqi government to rebuild
Christian villages recently liberated from the rule of the Islamic
State.“We thank the Iraqi army and the [Kurdish] Peshmarga forces for liberating the area,” the patriarchate said in a statement.
“However, many of these homes, churches, and service institutions were destroyed, burned and looted, in addition to the damaged infrastructure.”