article_snippet.sent: But we are not just history, we are still alive, we are still here.
article_snippet.sent: Every night, the fighters hear the rumbling sound of coalition airplanes in the sky over Baqufa where the fighters have the fighters safe house just a few miles from the frontline.
article_snippet.sent: Here the fighters relax, patrol the empty streets of the village and try to hinder ISIS suicide commandos from entering the near city of Dohuk where UNHCR says almost 100,000 refugees -- many of the fighters Christians -- have found a temporary place to stay.
article_snippet.sent: So far, the militia has only assembled and trained 40 fighters.
article_snippet.sent: But Rama Baito, manager of the digital media presence of the group, shows me his direct messages on Facebook -- dozens of ex-soldiers, diaspora Assyrians or Christian activists from all over the world contact his and offer monetary support or diaspora Assyrians or Christian activists from all over the world own presence on the frontline.
article_snippet.sent: We have 200 people waiting right now, because We simply do not have enough weapons and training capacities," Baito says.
article_snippet.sent: All they can do now is patrol the deserted alleys of Baqufa, making sure the wild dogs don't take over the town and hope one day the wild dogs relatives will be able to return.