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Iraqi Christians, who fled the violence in the northern city of Mosul after Islamic State (IS) group militants took control of the area, arrive for a mass at the Syriac Catholic church in the Ashti camp in Arbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq, on November 8, 2015. AFP PHOTO / SAFIN HAMED / AFP / SAFIN HAMED (Photo credit should read SAFIN HAMED/AFP/Getty Images)

Iraqi Christians, who fled the violence in the northern city of Mosul after Islamic State (IS) group militants took control of the area, arrive for a mass at the Syriac Catholic church in the Ashti camp in Arbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq, on November 8, 2015. AFP PHOTO / SAFIN HAMED / AFP / SAFIN HAMED        (Photo credit should read SAFIN HAMED/AFP/Getty Images)