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Living in Baghdad during the ISIS takeover as an Armenian

In previous weeks, headlines about ISIS attacks around the world have triggered memories of living in Baghdad during the ISIS takeover of parts of Iraq in 2014 and its barbarous consequences: the extermination and ethnic cleansing of the region’s indigenous populations.

A lot was written about the situation in the Nineveh plains and surrounding areas consisting of the Nineveh governorate, the second most populous governorate after Baghdad. But what was life like in the capital city, Baghdad?

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Natan Bedrossian

Natan Bedrossian was born in Iraq in 1996. He left Iraq in 2014 during the ISIS takeover, the spread of extremism, and the chaos and instability that followed. Bedrossian lived in Lebanon for nine years and wrote for Aztag Daily. In 2023, he resettled in Australia. He is pursuing a Bachelor of Arts degree in politics and European studies at the University of Sydney.

2 Comments

  1. Dear Natan while armenia population shrinking why you&family prefer to settle in australia instead our lovely Hayrenik Armenia ?

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