Iraq's traumatized minorities: a test of unity after Mosul offensive

Abboush says some members of his community, one of Iraq's many religious and ethnic minorities, were abandoned to their fate when the jihadists swept through northern Iraq two years ago. Now his fighters are determined to protect Christian towns and villages in the Mosul region without relying on anyone else, while Iraqi government troops and other forces launch their offensive to regain the city nearby. Ancient minorities have always been an integral part of Iraq's complex social fabric.