Beirut (AINA) -- In a show of solidarity with the Assyrian Christians of North Iraq, a delegation from the Future Block Party (AlMustaqbal) met on Sunday with Archdeacon Yatroun Giliana at the Diocese of the Assyrian Church of the East in Beirut, located in the Assyrian Quarter. The delegation included Sunni Parliament Members Majd Lany, Nabel DoFreij and Basim AlShab.

The discussion centered on the situation of the 30,000 Assyrian refugees from Iraq and Syria who are in Lebanon, and on the crisis in North Iraq, where the Islamic State has driven 200,000 Assyrians from the homes.

The meeting was attended by clergy from the Ashrafieh, AlHadath, and Assyrian Quarter parishes in Lebanon, members from the Supreme Council, representative of the Assyrian Universal Alliance as well as Assyrian community leaders.

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