US Army Lieutenant Colonel (ret.) Sargis Sangari grew up in Iran of an ethnic Assyrian family. Sargis is CEO of The Near East Center for Strategic Engagement LLC and had six years of continuous combat deployment in the Mid East-conducted 144 combat patrols, 22 Special Forces missions and survived 7 IED attacks. Col. Sargis Sangari has a deep skill set in Mid east languages and cultures and understands the plight of Assyrian and other Christians in the Mid East and now uses his 20 year military experience to help Assyrian Christians in their struggle against ISIS