Prayers return to Iraqi monastery ravaged by IS

[WorldNews]

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Father Charbel Issu stands before a shattered altar, spreads out his hands and begins leading a group of Kalashnikov-wielding militia fighters in prayer. On the wall in front of them, graffiti scrawled in black spray paint reads "Allahu Akbar (God is the greatest)". Iraqi fighters battling to oust the Islamic State group from Mosul captured the Catholic Mar Benham monastery on Sunday, allowing its priests to return.

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