Rosary in hand, Christians flee Syria's IS-held Raqa

Under the cover of darkness, the 45-year-old Syrian Armenian and six other family members left IS-held territory in the northern city on foot."I didn't want to leave, but there was so much bombardment around us that we fled," said Karapetyan, 45, still clad in the black robes mandated by IS."It would have been a shame to leave these birds in Raqa.