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By Zewa Dawod
Is one of the fundamental human rights which includes; freedom of speech, or of the press, and the right of people to peacefully assemble. It is a principle which supports the freedom of individuals or a community to article their opinion without any fears of Continue reading
By Yusuf Begtas
We’ve decided to visit the Lebanon between the 9th and 16th of September with my friend Habip Do?an in response to the insistent invitation. On the occasion of this trip, we greeted our Maronite brothers whom I’ve been longing for to get to know for a long time. We got close and touched each other. We’ve coalesced with each other. We’ve taken a stroll together through the corridors of history. We’ve completed our trip and contacts with the siege of affectionate style
PanARMENIAN.Net – Senator Larissa Waters of The Australian Greens has signed an Affirmation of Support that confirms her backing for national recognition of the Armenian, Assyrian and Greek Genocides, AINA cited the Joint Justice Initiative as saying on Saturday, May 30. Continue reading
By John Pontifex
THE leader of Iraq’s largest Christian community has issued an urgent plea for people to stay at home amid growing fears that the country cannot cope with a spiralling number of COVID-19 cases. Continue reading
The closures imposed by the virus provide an opportunity for “meditation and reflection” on Christ’s teachings to mature “in faith and vocation”. The crisis is “violent” but “transitory” and humanity will emerge “stronger”. The return to faith, the maturation of a domestic Church with the contribution of the Holy Spirit. From religious leaders the Continue reading
By Julian Do (Ethnic Media Services) — For generations, millions of Americans whose roots lie in the Middle East and North Africa — MENA — have essentially become invisible people because the Census Bureau has denied requests for their own racial category. Continue reading
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“Lord and Master of my Life..” is how the Lenten prayer of Saint Ephraim the Syrian, commences. It is not perhaps not entirely coincidental that Archbishop Makarios has chosen to publish a book of meditations focused around this prayer and adopting its first Continue reading
By Katey Hearth Iraq (MNN) — After decades of war, Christians hope Iraq’s newest leader can transition the country into an era of peace. The odds are stacked against Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi, but so far, he’s moving in a positive direction. Continue reading
Iraq said it had arrested Abdul Nasser Qardash. (Courtesy: Al Arabiya)
Abdul Nasser Qardash told Al Arabiya that new Daesh leader ‘not as firm’ as Al-Baghdadi
LONDON: A senior Daesh member being held in Iraq has described the group’s new Continue reading
Geoffrey P. Johnston
Workers of Yemen’s Southern Transitional Council prepare to drain sewage water from camp flooded by rainwater for Yemenis displaced by conflict from Taez, Ibb and Hodeida, and currently residing in the Khor Maksar district of the second city of Aden. Continue reading
Niraj Warikoo Detroit Free Press
About two years ago, Nada Naisan and her husband Nameer Ayram bought their first home in Sterling Heights. Continue reading
Syria, Homs
Emergency help for needy families with food basket in Homs and supporting to protect themselves against the Coronavirus.
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Post-Conflict Socially Recovery Project in Homs Dair al-Moukhalles and Bab as-Sybea.
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John Pontifex MORE than 20,000 families in Syria are to benefit from an emergency COVID-19 aid package just approved by a leading Catholic charity. Food baskets, face masks, sanitary items and other coronavirus protective equipment are being funded by Aid to the Church in Need (ACN). Continue reading
The Assyrian couple disappeared in January from their village in the country’s southeast. In March the wife’s body was found. The authorities have not yet revealed the cause of death. Tuma Çelik excludes PKK involvement. State elements want to prevent the return of Christians to their lands. Continue reading
SYRIACS, a Middle Eastern ethnic and religious minority, have launched a campaign demanding the European Parliament officially recognises the 1915 Sayfo genocide, in which at least 500,000 men, women and children were killed under Ottoman rule. Continue reading
HDP’s Syriac MP Çelik has prepared a report on Diril couple, who got missing in ??rnak. “Turkey has a criminal record in terms of missing persons, disappearances and unidentified murders. The recent incidents remind us of the 90s,” he says.
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Turkey is once again on a U.S. State Department’s “Special Watch List” in the 2020 Annual Report by the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF).Turkey was the only country in NATO to be on the “Special Watch List” because “in 2019, religious freedom conditions in Turkey remained worrisome, with the Continue reading
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A church in Erbil’s Christian-majority Ainkawa district. (Photo: Jonny Blair)
Kurdistan Erbil Chaldean churches COVID-19 Coronavirus .ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – On Friday evening, the Chaldean Archdiocese of Erbil announced the reopening of Continue reading
Bilind T. Abdullah
Christians in the Kurdistan Region were able to attend their first Sunday services in almost two months after coronavirus containment measures imposed on places of worship were lifted earlier this week. Continue reading
Gerard O’Connell
Syrian children sit on the ground at a makeshift camp in Qatmah Feb. 17, 2020. The Sept. 27 celebration of World Day of Migrants and Refugees will emphasize people displaced within their own countries. (CNS photo/Khalil Ashawi, Reuters) Continue reading
Marines bow their heads during a field service led by Chaplain Eric Malmstrom during his deployment to Iraq in 2005. (Photo courtesy of Eric Malmstrom)
By Stacey Egger Each Memorial Day, Americans remember those who have given their lives in service to their country. But for countless active military members, veterans Continue reading
Rubble in front of a building in northern Iraq. (Open Doors USA)
The government of Iraq is dealing with a deadlier threat than Covid-19. The resurgence of the ousted Islamic State has stepped up its hostilities in the disputed areas of Iraq. As reported in the local news these areas are home to a concentration of the Christians Continue reading
How One Lebanese Town Solved Its Garbage Crisis On Its Own
Souad Lazkani·Awareness & Causes
@anthonycortas | @biclean_bickfaya
Bi Clean is a recycling center in the mountain town of Bickfaya. The center aims to Continue reading