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On the recordMarch 10, 2015
Assyrian Christians, including women, children, priests, and the elderly are being driven from their homes, kidnapped, violently attacked and in many cases killed by the Islamic State or ISIL in Iraq and Syria.
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Mark Kirk
Republican · Illinois

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Highlighting the persecution faced by Assyrian Christians in conflict zones.

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