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Several have had the letter Ù† put on their doorways, to show that those inside are Nazarene, which means Christians in Arabic.
But last month they were told to flee, pay a tax, or convert to Islam by fighters from the Islamic State (formerly known as ISIS). Patriarch Louis Sako told AFP: "For the first time in the history of Iraq, Mosul is now empty of Christians."
According to France24, an estimated 3,000 Christian families have been displaced. IS fighters also posted a video on YouTube purporting to show them destroying the tomb of the prophet Jonah.