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Report: ISIL orders no food aid for Christians in Mosul
July 16, 2014
The Sunni jihadist group that controls much of Iraq and Syria has ordered that no food aid be distributed to Christians in Mosul, according to a Fides news agency report.
The ban also extends to Shiite Muslims.
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), which took over Iraq’s 2nd-largest city in June, has threatened to punish those who violate the order, according to the report.
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