The international community needs to save Iraq before it is beyond repair
The Mar Yousef church in Erbil, northern Iraq, is packed with people lying on thin mats and blankets or straight on the hardwood floor.
Mothers cradle crying babies, children look forlornly across the sweltering room to the world outside, knowing too well that this isn’t a summer holiday, while their parents try desperately to work out their next move.
Most here are seeking whatever help they can get, having fled the fighting further west as it was upon them, fortunate to escape with their lives – let alone any supplies or possessions.
But these are the lucky ones. They fled towns like Qaraqosh – the scene of bloody violence, now under the control of armed groups – in cars, driving to the Kurdish capital.… Seguir leyendo »