Bishop Warda is worried about escalating violence in northern Syria, hopes “all the parties” will help protect “innocent civilians”. People won’t take another conflict. At least 275,000 people have fled. In Turkey, police arrested four mayors elected with a Kurdish party.

Will Maule,  Image source: Faithwire A Florida man decided to make a real difference in his local community by wiping away the lunch debt of every child in the district.

By Seth J. Frantzman and Eric R. Mandel, opinion contributors — 09/27/19 08:00 AM EDT The views expressed by contributors are their own and not the view of The Hill

By – Associated Press – Friday, September 27, 2019 PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) – A former church worker has been sentenced to at least four years in prison for sexually assaulting a teen altar boy at a suburban Detroit church.

Isabelle Senechal | Ryan Di Corpo A family member of victims cries while praying during the reopening ceremony of St. Anthony’s Shrine in Colombo, Sri Lanka, June 12, 2019, months after it was closed because of an Easter bombing. (CNS photo/Dinuka Liyanawatte, Reuters)

by Jeffrey Cimmino | September 26, 2019 07:18 PM Print this article 00:30 00:55 Sign up for News from Washington Examiner Two years after Vice President Mike Pence promised help to Iraq’s displaced religious minorities, a U.S. official said American aid has yielded mixed results, with many displaced individuals still unable to return to their hometowns.

MAGGIE KNOELL STAFF WRITER Photo by: Rachael Alexander Students filled the International Lounge for a panel presentation by Iraqi high school students on the life of persecuted Christians in Iraq Monday, Sept. 23 at 7 p.m.

In this Sept. 23, 2019, file photo, President Donald Trump, center, speaks alongside Vice President Mike Pence, right, and U.N. Secretary General António Guterres, left, at a United Nations event on Religious Freedom at U.N. Headquarters in New York on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly.

Photos courtesy of John Abi-Habib Aram Hamparian, executive director of the Armenian National Committee of America; John Abi-Habib; U.S. Rep. Max Rose and Father Tom Zain outside Rose’s Congressional office with members of the IDC

by Rev. William Alberts Facebook Twitter Reddit Email Statue of John Wesley – Photograph Source: Ebyabe – CC BY-SA 3.0 In 1973, at age 46, my character was assassinated and I was forcibly

A retired teacher works with children in the streets of Kirkuk in April 2019. (Photo by Ako Rasheed/Reuters) The Middle Eastern nation is in deadlock, despite Islamic State being driven out two years ago Anne-Bénédicte Hoffner France

Our wars in Iraq, Libya—even Vietnam—have been devastating for Christians. So why won’t we stop? By Casey Chalk Middle Eastern Christians demonstrating in the Netherlands. Credit: Robert Hoetink/Shutterstock

Fr. Jon Buffington, a Chaldean Catholic priest and master iconographer, teaches a student at the Trinity Iconography Institute’s summer intensive class. The priest provides students not only with practical skills needed to write icons but also the theology behind it. “You’re not

The Middle Eastern nation is in deadlock, despite Islamic State being driven out two years ago Anne-Bénédicte Hoffner France A retired teacher works with children in the streets of Kirkuk in April 2019. (Photo by Ako Rasheed/Reuters)

Julian Pecquet MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images Sam Brownback, US ambassador at large for international religious freedom, speaks during the second Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom in the Loy Henderson Auditorium of the State Department in Washington, DC, July 18, 2019.

Elias Hubbard “Release prisoners of conscience”. US President Donald Trump responded positively to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s idea of creating a new nuclear deal with Iran, saying that he respected Johnson and was not surprised he had floated the idea, reports Reuters.

Iraqis, who fled to Syria from Iraq due to Daesh, wait at the border in Kilis, Turkey on 14 December 2018 [Samer Owaid/Anadolu Agency]

Religious minorities still don’t feel safe After his recent visit to Iraq, Konstantin Mascher, vice chairman of ojcos-foundation, reports: “The citizens of Iraq urgently ask for continued German efforts concerning safety. Numerous authorities from churches, civil and political institutions expressed their concern about the security situation in the country.”

Mosul (IraqiNews.com) – Five Islamic State terrorists were arrested Monday for their involvement in the fight against security forces in Mosul city, the Interior Ministry spokesman said.

The Peshmerga are poised to play a more critical role in U.S.-Middle East affairs. But Washington has been neglecting its key ally in favor of countries that have more clout on the world stage. by Seth J. Frantzman