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Warda: ‘The whole Middle East is burning”

"The feeling of political instability is still hanging over the region."

Filipe d’Avillez
Nov 01, 2024
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Bashar Batti Warda is the Chaldean archbishop of Erbil, in Iraqi Kurdistan. 

Archbishop Bashar Warda, Archbishop of Erbil in Iraq© Mazur/catholicchurch.org.uk

Ten years ago he was on the frontline over helping over 13,000 families who fled the terrorists of ISIS and found refuge in Erbil — since then he has overseen the reconstruction of towns and village…

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