Mindy, a former senior editor for WORLD Magazine, wrote the publication’s first cover story in 1986. She has covered wars in Syria, Afghanistan, Africa, and the Balkans and is author of They Say We Are Infidels: On the Run From ISIS With Persecuted Christians in the Middle East. Mindy resides in Asheville, N.C.
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Mindy Belz | War is hell, but rebuilding Iraq's political infrastructure is no picnic.
Mindy Belz | Candidates spar over Iraq as the once-dominant campaign issue takes a backseat to domestic troubles
And for Americans, too
At least one Muslim cleric has come to the defense of Iraqi Christians facing violence in Mosul
Targeted killings in Mosul have forced thousands of Christians to flee Iraq's third largest city
We benefit when the trip doesn't turn out quite as planned
Mindy Belz | Iraqi interpreters risk their lives for U.S.
Demonstrators in the Nineveh province protest election law that no longer guarantees governing seats for Christians and other minorities
While the surge succeeds elsewhere, Mosul continues to endure violence as it optimistically looks toward an election