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As part of the local Christian population, there were only two choices facing Anne, her husband Sabhan and their two children: run or die.

Before the US-led invasion of 2003, Iraq was home to an estimated Christian population of more than a million. Christians had already become a target for extremist groups like al Qaeda long before the emergence of ISIS, but Anne's family remained in Mosul.

Photos showed militants vandalizing monasteries and churches, smashing statues and replacing the cross with their black flag of terror.