ICC Note:
Last month, Iraqi forces reclaimed a majority of Mosul’s airport from the control of the Islamic State, otherwise known as ISIS; the victory itself was part of the wider efforts to expel ISIS militants completely from the city. As a momentum to their victory, a cross was erected and a Mass was held after two and half years of silence. The people set off fireworks and cheered, “Victory! Victory! Victory! For those who chose the faith and those who return!”   
02/28/2017 Iraq (The Christian Post) – The Chaldean Catholic Patriarch of Baghdad, Louis Sako, inaugurated the cross and attended the the first Mass held after two and a half years in Saint George Church, according to Catholic News Agency.
He called the cross, erected in the village of Telekuf-Tesqopa, about 17 miles from Mosul, “the first spark of light shining in all the cities of the Nineveh Plain since the darkness of ISIS, which lasted almost two and a half years.”
“This is our land and this is our home,” Sako said during the mass, and added that the cross will announce “to the world that this is our land, we were born here and we will die here. Our ancestors were buried in this pure land and we are going to remain to preserve them with all our might and for future generations.”
The people set off fireworks and cheered, “Victory! Victory! Victory! For those who chose the faith and those who return!” according to Breitbart.
Last month, Iraqi forces reclaimed a majority of Mosul’s airport from the control of Islamic State, also known as IS, ISIS, ISIL or Daesh. The victory was part of the wider efforts to completely expel IS militants from the city.
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