Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: VaKristu veAsiria vakatambura rusaruro kubva pamitemo yaSaddam Hussein yekuArabization muma1980, nechiitiko chazvino chekusarura chiri kupindirwa kweISIS mumapani eNineveh uye
Mosul, 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.