88 displaced families return to Mosul

NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: A total of 88 Christian families have returned to their houses in Mosul city since February 25 until today, a priest said on Monday. “These families have returned home from al-Qoush district and the church of the district have prepared the houses of these families,” Priest Ameel al-Alqoushi told IraqiNews.com news agency. In late September 2008, Christians in Ninewa were subjected to threats and attacks that forced many of them to leave their houses. A wide-scale security operation was conducted on September 14, 2008 to restore security and stability to the province and to return the displaced persons to their homes. Mosul, the capital city of Ninewa province, lies 405 km north of Baghdad. SH (P) 1