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Monks Defiant on Front Line at St Matthew Monastery
In Nineveh Plains north of Iraq, St Matthew’s Monastery sits on a front line near Islamic State territory. Monks and students stay under Kurdish peshmerga protection removing relics and bones moved to safety while villagers flee. The ancient complex overlooks Bartalla as smoke rises from airstrikes.
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Iraq
St. Matthew’s Monastery
Yousif Ibrahim
Ibrahim
Mount
Al-Faf
Nineveh Plains
Mosul
St. Matthew’s
Palmyra
United Nations
Sahar Karaikos
Karaikos
Matthew
Bartalla