Amid Pence promises, persecuted Iraqi Christians still in perilous limbo

Amid Pence promises, persecuted Iraqi Christians still in perilous limbo



Hundreds of thousands of persecuted Christians, Yazidis and other minorities driven from battered northern Iraq are still in a perilous limbo, as humanitarian groups struggle to make sense of a new Trump Administration initiative rolled out after Vice President Mike Pence’s October 25 promise to “stop funding ineffective relief efforts at the United Nations” and “provide support directly to persecuted communities through USAID.”