Here are the personal accounts of a number of Christians who fled Mosul over the past few weeks because of targeted attacks against members of their minority community.

Abu Feras, 54, truck driver. He has a wife and two daughters aged 8 and 4. This is his story:
I have been living in Mosul for 30 years with my Muslim brothers with no problems. Then on the night of October 9, one of my Muslim neighbours noticed that there were people asking about whether there were Christians living in the area. Our neighbours said they were worried about us. They invited us to their house or to flee. We decided to leave with four other families.
I do not know who did this. We do not have any enemies. Maybe it is politically motivated, we just don’t know, we have no evidence.
We went to a church in Bartella because we had no where else to go. My daughters were excited when we left Mosul at first because they thought we were going on a picnic. In contrast, I was thinking, where am I going? God willing things will get better and we will not have to stay here beyond the end of the month.

Um Rana, 39, standing in a line for food parcels at the village of Telkif, said:
They are killing us in Mosul. We received a threat on our mobile phone. We were told that we either had to give 30,000 dollars or we would be killed. We left 15 days ago. We are renting a house here, my husband and I and our four children. I am not thinking about going back at the moment but should things improve then I will.

Abu Manam, 40, also in the aid queue, said:
I was told to flee Mosul because they were threatening Christians. I received a note through my gate that read either leave or be killed. So I locked up my house and left with my wife and two young children.
It is very difficult. We left our house and I left my work. Now we are just sitting and waiting. I am thankful that we are getting this aid. No one knows who is behind this, maybe the Kurdish intelligence. I have lived in Mosul my whole life. I will only return when I am sure that it is safe.

The Christians are not the only minority group being forced to flee Mosul. Here are some stories from a group of Shabaks I encountered.