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1,000 Christian families flee north Iraqi city: governor (AFP)

Visitors gather at the Syriac Orthodox monastery of St. Matthew or Deir Matta (in Arabic), some 30 kms northeast of the northern Iraqi city of Mosul in May 2008. Nearly 1,000 Christian families have fled their homes in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul following the worst wave of violence against them in five years, provincial governor Duraid Kashmula said on Saturday.(AFP/File/Marwan Ibrahim)AFP - Nearly 1,000 Christian families have fled their homes in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul following the worst wave of violence against them in five years, provincial governor Duraid Kashmula said on Saturday.

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