This is an entry from: LIVE BLOG: The battle for Mosul
Shia militias promise to ring church bells in Mosul
17 October 2016 12:40 BST
The Popular Mobilisation Units, the predominantly Shia-led, Iranian backed militias in Iraq, promised recently to defend Chsitrianity in Mosul.
Here's the high-production video the PMU released late last year, and republished late last week.
Christians in Mosul, like many other religious minorities, have been persecuted by the IS group: having their possessions stolen, being subjected to a "Christian" tax and / or being banished from the city.