”resolution on recent attacks and abductions by Da’esh in the Middle East, notably of Assyrians”

I, Heine Strømdahl,  am grateful that The European Parliament passed a nonbinding ”resolution on recent attacks and abductions by Da’esh in the Middle East, notably of Assyrians”  a few days ago. The resolution is comprised by many small paragraphs.. it says among others : "Calls upon the international coalition to do more to prevent abductions of minorities, such as
the abduction of hundreds of Assyrian Christians in northern Syria; underlines the
importance of ensuring a safe haven for the Chaldeans/Assyrians/Syriacs and others at risk in
the Nineveh Plains, Iraq, an area where many ethnic and religious minorities have
historically had a strong presence and lived peacefully alongside each other;.....whereas on 23 February 2015 an estimated 220 Assyrians were abducted by ISIS/Da’esh
near Tell Tamer on the southern Khabur River bank in north-east Syria; whereas during the
same campaign the extremists also destroyed properties and holy places of the Christians;
whereas dozens of Assyrians were killed during the IS assault; whereas IS reportedly issued
a declaration in February 2015 requesting Assyrian villages in the Syrian Hasaka Province to
pay the jizya, a tax on non-Muslims dating to early Islamic rule and abolished in 1856 across
the Ottoman empire, to convert to Islam or else be killed; whereas major ISIS/Da’esh attacks
have been reported on Assyrian Christian towns in the Khabur River area since 9 March
2015;;
K. whereas since 1 March 2015 ISIS/Da’esh has released several dozen Assyrians, mostly
infants and elderly people, following negotiations with tribal leaders, but most Assyrians are
still held captive and the terrorists have threatened to kill them if the coalition bombings do not stop" http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do…

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