Alan Duncan says foreign fighters “lift the spirits” by joining fight against Islamic State
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Alan Duncan fighting in northern Iraq
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In an interview with BBC radio, an ex-soldier from Scotland has spoken of his Continue reading →

by Staff Reporter
Syrian refugees near the Turkish border (CNS)
According to reports, ISIS have released a number of Christians kidnapped in north-east Syria last month but have taken more hostages
Unconfirmed reports suggest that a number of Assyrian Christian families abducted Continue reading →

Ankawa.com – Exclusive – Damascus – Translated by Rashwan Issam Al-Daqaq
Syria government replaced the name of a famous park in the center of the capital Damascus to the name of “Martyrs Park (Garden) of Syriac”. This change represents the first official recognition for the massacres of Christian people in 1915 by the Ottoman Turk forces. Continue reading →

Ankawa.com – Elias Saeed – Translated by Rashwan Issam Al-Daqaq
The militants of the terrorist State ISIS blew up the Grand Cross at the main interface of the monastery of Mar Gorgis in Mosul. At the same time, the terrorists used heavy bulldozers and shovelled the cemetery of the monastery. This was confirmed to our site Continue reading →

by Mary Chastain
The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) reportedly destroyed Khorsabad, nine miles from Mosul, the third city over the weekend. Residents alerted Iraqi officials on Sunday about possible looting.
Iraq’s tourism and antiquities minister Adel Shirshab said “there are concerns” the Continue reading →

By Dale Gavlak , In: World
An Assyrian woman prays at a church in Damascus March 1 during a special Mass for Assyrian Christians abducted by Islamic State fighters. Christian leaders again called for help for Assyrian Christians as Islamic State militants stepped up their attacks against their towns in northern Syria. (CNS photo/Omar Sanadiki, Reuters) Continue reading →

By Simon Tomlinson for MailOnline
Witnesses say militants began demolishing ancient ruins at the weekend
Khorsabad was constructed as a new capital of Assyria by King Sargon II
Comes after group razed 3,000-year-old Nimrud and 2,000-year old Hatra Continue reading →

By Susannah Morgan | Everyday Heroes |
Refugees fleeing from IS occupation of Mosul, Iraq – Photo by Reuters
“Total war is no longer war waged by all members of one national community against all those of another. It is total…because it may well involve the whole world.” Jean Paul Sartre Continue reading →

by Staff Reporter
An Assyrian woman at a recent protest in Lebanon. (AP)
Two of the Assyrian Christian hostages released by ISIS have spoken to the media about their ordeal.
Some 200 Christians were taken by the Islamist group on February 23 after they stormed a number of villages in the north-east of the country. Continue reading →

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by William Bigelow
On Sunday night, Syrian Americans converged in North Hollywood for a candlelight vigil for victims of ISIS in Syria. The Assyrian American Association of Southern California (AAASC), headquartered in North Hollywood, held a prayer vigil inside their building, Continue reading →

Ivana Hoffmann had joined female Kurdish fighting units several months ago.
By The Associated Press
Ivana Hoffman, 19, a German citizen fighting with Kurdish militiamen who was killed Saturday battling ISIS near the village of Tel Tamr, Syria, according to Kurdish officials and activists. Photo by AP Continue reading →

The attached press release is for distribution to media outlets and other interested parties. It is issued by the Christian Coalition for Syria, www.ccfsyria.com, on behalf of member organizations including the Syriac National Council of Syria and the European Syriac Union. Continue reading →

By: Sargon Sapper
March 8, 2015
The Iraqis whose lives were devastated by the conduct of a dictatorial regime were happy to see Saddam Hussein gone. Following the removal of the brutal dictator in 2003, all Iraqis – whether Shiite or Sunni, Kurd, Assyrian, Yezidi or Turk – hoped for Continue reading →

By Anugrah Kumar , Christian Post Contributor
syria isis (Photo: Reuters/Osman Orsal)
Fighters of the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) patrol in the streets of the northern Syrian town of Kobani January 28, 2015. Kurdish forces battled Islamic State fighters outside Kobani on Tuesday, a monitoring group said, a day after Kurds said Continue reading →

Belongings lie amid a damaged house which activists said belonged to Nusra Front and was destroyed by an apparent Syrian army air strike is pictured in south Salqin, Idlib March 6, 2015.
BEIRUT – The Syrian air force has killed an Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) Continue reading →

In this image posted on a militant social media account by the Al-Baraka division of the ISIL on Tuesday, February 24, 2015, a militant aims a sniper rifle during fighting in the town of Tal Tamer of the Hassakeh province in Syria (AP photo).
Kurdish fighters backed by local Assyrians have reportedly pushed terrorists of the ISIL Takfiri group back in northeastern Syria. Continue reading →

Kurds and Assyrians mobilize against attackers who are trying to clear a corridor to Mosul in Iraq
Residents inspect a site damaged by what activists said was an airstrike by forces loyal to Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad in Douma, near Damascus, Saturday. PHOTO: REUTERS
By MARIA ABI-HABIB Continue reading →

by Katie Gorka
Syrian Christians have this morning put out a desperate appeal for help as ISIS launches new attacks against them along the Khabour River in northeast Syria. According to Rima Tüzün of the European Syriac Union, members of the community who have taken up arms to defend themselves are without ammunition, and 17 Syriac Continue reading →

You are here: World ISIS-Captured Christians: ‘We Did Not Believe We Would Come Out Alive’
Assyrians from Tel Goran village, abducted by Islamic State kidnappers in late February, were released and returned safely in Hassaka on March 2. Assyrians from Tel Goran village, abducted by Islamic State kidnappers in late February, were released Continue reading →

by Deacon Greg Kandra
Some inspiring news, via Zenit:
The first courses of Catholic University in Erbil, the capital of Northern Kurdistan, will begin this year.
Recently, Chaldean Archbishop Bashar Matti Warda, ordinary of the archdiocese of Continue reading →