A mainly Christian town next to Erbil with several churches, including the Syriac Catholic Church of Mar Shmony pictured here.
In 2014 it became a refuge for thousands of Christians displaced from Mosul and the Nineveh Plain.
Photos: Levi Clancy · Wikimedia Commons · CC0 | Levi Clancy · Wikimedia Commons · CC0
Ankawa
عينكاوة
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