Turkish Red Crescent lends hand to Iraqi Christians
Food aid delivered to needy families in Baghdad who were forced to flee homes by Daesh terrorist group
- Türkiye
- Anadolu Agency
- Published Date: 12:00 | 17 June 2017
- Modified Date: 12:23 | 17 June 2017
Some 250 Iraqi Christian families forced to flee their homes by the Daesh terrorist group got help on Friday from the Turkish Red Crescent in a program overseen by Turkish Ambassador to Iraq Fatih Yildiz.
The food was distributed in Baghdad's Sayidat al-Nejat Cathedral.
"We were very pleased with the event, which was organized in coordination with the Turkish Embassy in Baghdad," Mukhlas Sisi, a priest at the cathedral, told Anadolu Agency.
"These families were really desperate," he added.
Pointing to how Iraqi Christians have suffered severely from Daesh terrorism, Sisi added: "We are deeply grateful to Turkey, which has stood by these families and given them a helping a hand."