About the writer: US Army Lieutenant Colonel (ret.) Sargis Sangari is Founder of The United Assyrian Appeal

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http://unitedassyrianappeal.org/  and CEO of The Near East Center for Strategic Engagement LLC and had six years of continuous combat deployment in the Mid-East. While in theatre he conducted 144 combat patrols, 22 Special Forces missions and survived 7 IED attacks. Born in Iran within an ethnic Assyrian family, Sangari has a deep skill set in Middle East languages and cultures and understands the plight of Assyrian and other Mid-Eastern Christians. He now uses his 20-year military experience to advise Assyrian Christians in their struggle against ISIS and in the region.