Christians driven from their ancestral homelands and persecuted by Islamist terrorists are pressing for an autonomous region of their own if the dust of Middle East violence ever settles. “Christians, Yazidis and other ethnic and religious minorities have been slaughtered and driven from their homes by ISIL’s horrific genocide,” Fortenberry told advocacy groups at In Defense of Christians' national convention last week. “One next step must be the re-securitization and revitalization of the Nineveh Plain, allowing the repatriation of those who had to flee," said Fortenberry. Many of those who have been displaced want to return to their homeland, and see the Nineveh Plain as the cradle of their faith. “Realistically, the full liberation of the Nineveh Plain could take several more months.

Source: Fox News September 13, 2016 19:50 UTC