Rambai muchinyora ndima iyi - VaKristu veAsiria vakatambura nerusarura kubva pamitemo yaSaddam Hussein yekuita maArabu mumakore ekuma1980, nenyaya yekupedzisira yekusarura iri kupindirwa kweISIS mumapani eNineve neMosul
, uko makumi ezviuru akamanikidzwa kutiza, uye nzvimbo dzakawanda dzechiKristu dzakaparadzwa. Nhamba yevaKristu muIraq yose zvayo kubvira pakupinda muna 2003 yakaderera neinenge 60%, kubva pa800 000 kusvika ku300 000, uye muna 1987, nhamba iyoyo yakanga iri pedyo nemamiriyoni 1,4. Kupinda kweISIS muna 2014 zvimwe kwakaderedza nhamba iyoyo zvikuru.