AMANPOUR: And finally tonight, imagine this world of forgotten sounds returning to Iraq.</s>AMANPOUR: Those are the bells of Bartella, ringing out jubilantly this week after the town, east of Mosul, was freed from two years of ISIS occupation. It is a Christian town and the local priest has returned joyfully to his church. While his wife was so overcome to be home again, her cheers rang through the streets just as loudly as the bells. As she threw sweets to the Iraqi forces who made that possible. Tens of thousands of Iraqi Christians have been persecuted and forced to flee when ISIS took hold of the region back in 2014. Many of their young girls were forced into marriage and sex slavery for ISIS fighters. For many years, the numbers of Christians have been dwindling in the Middle East. In Iraq alone, there are around a million fewer Christians than they were 15 years ago. On this day at least, the news is good, for Christians, Muslims and all those who have been liberated from ISIS so far. And that's it for our program tonight. Remember, you can always listen to our podcast and see us online at Amanpour.com. And you can follow me on Facebook and Twitter. Thank you for watching and good-bye from London.
Ringing in a Victory for Iraq's Christians.