:iraq: Iraq: dozens of Christian manuscripts stolen by ISIS recovered in Mosul

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Iraq: dozens of Christian manuscripts stolen by ISIS recovered in Mosul​

The historical artefacts were stolen from a church and hidden in the kitchen of a suspected ISIS member

Dozens of hidden Syriac manuscripts were recovered by Iraqi security forces late on Tuesday following the arrest of a suspected ISIS member in the northern Nineveh governorate.

The manuscripts were stolen from Assyrian churches in Mosul after the city became the extremist group’s de facto capital in the country between 2014 and 2017.

An international military coalition led a battle for nine months that ousted the insurgents from the city in late 2017.
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I’m surprised isis didn’t destroy the manuscripts. It’s a miracle they survived the centuries, being in the hands of a terrorist organization, and a nine month siege.
 
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