"They are the grandsons of Satan." Basma al-Saoor was in shock after seeing the damage that IS fighters had done to a historic building in the Christian village of Karamles, not far from Mosul.
She was visiting Santa Barbara church with her mother after spending the morning picking through the charred ruins of their home in another Christian village just down the road.
Like Karamles, it had fallen into the hands of the militants two years ago and the entire population had been ordered to either leave or convert to Islam.
Almost all fled to the Kurdish city of Irbil, knowing that if they stayed and refused to convert, they would be killed.
From her bag, Basma pulled out a partially burnt photograph of one of her uncles.
She was visiting Santa Barbara church with her mother after spending the morning picking through the charred ruins of their home in another Christian village just down the road.
Like Karamles, it had fallen into the hands of the militants two years ago and the entire population had been ordered to either leave or convert to Islam.
Almost all fled to the Kurdish city of Irbil, knowing that if they stayed and refused to convert, they would be killed.
From her bag, Basma pulled out a partially burnt photograph of one of her uncles.
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