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raqi refugee children pose outside the Syriac Catholic Church of Our Lady's Assumption in Amman, Jordan, in late October. A Catholic official warned that funding will soon run out for the refugees, who fled Islamic State militants. (CNS photo/Barb Fraze )
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Therese Apel - USA Today (RNS)
Assyrian Christians in the Nineveh Plain, with the help of a group of Americans, are building a fighting machine to stand toe-to-toe with the Islamic State group to preserve their homeland, their history and their heritage.The Nineveh Plain Protection Unit, or NPU, is a battalion of 350 to 500 men t