Monthly Archives: December 2010

KIRKUK, Iraq — Iraqi army special forces killed three Libyans allegedly planning suicide bombings ahead of Christmas in a raid on Monday in the northern city of Mosul, a defence ministry spokesman said.…

BAGHDAD — Rights group Amnesty International on Monday called on Iraq’s government to step up protection of Christians, after 44 worshippers were killed in a late October attack on a Baghdad church.…

Assyrians the Indigenous of Iraq Your constant threats against wrong targets is showing your weakness in knowledge of the truth of History. Try to educate yourselves with history and try to know who is who in…

For some Christians around the world, Christmas is not a time for celebration. It’s a time for mourning, and for fear. This year in Iraq, there will be no Christmas celebrations, religious or otherwise.…

The U.N. Refugee agency reported that thousands of Iraqi Christians are fleeing central Iraq and seeking refuge in the northern region of the country. About 1,000 families have fled Baghdad and Mosul to the Kurdish-controlled region…

Suha Philip Ma’ayeh AMMAN // Inside a church in Amman, an Iraqi choir sang Christmas hymns, but for those who attended a recent Saturday evening mass, there seemed to be more blues than a Christmas spirit.…

IRBIL, Iraq — They saw their brethren murdered during Mass and then were bombed in their homes as they mourned. Al-Qaida vowed to hunt them down. Now…

Following the 31.10.10 massacre, at the Cathedral of Our Lady Of Deliverance (Syriac Catholic Church, Baghdad) during Sunday mass, where 58 people were killed, more…

by Louis Sako* After the series of anti-Christian attacks, Iraq will mark Christmas again under tight security. No functions will be held on Christmas Eve, nor decorations or ceremonies. A…

Younathan Betkolia, the Secretary General of the Assyrian Universal Alliance and the representative of Assyrians in the Iranian Parliament (Majlis)The Assyrian Universal Alliance has strongly condemned a recent terrorist…

Nicholas Blincoe has spent much of the past five years in Bethlehem. So what has it taught him about peace and goodwill to mankind? Nicholas Blincoe: ‘We Bethlehemites are a moany bunch.’ Photograph: Michal…

IRBIL, Iraq — They saw their brethren murdered during Mass and then were bombed in their homes as they mourned. Al-Qaida vowed to hunt them down. Now the Christian community of Iraq,…

ABN to host Christmas community event Sunday, December 19th. DETROIT – 12/17/10. UPDATED PRESS RELEASE: A press release was sent out on 12/14/10 regarding the upcoming Chaldean Christmas…

Elmer Abbo By AARON HOWARD • November was a fairly quiet month in Iraq. An estimated 298 civilians were killed in bomb explosions or shootings. The November lull followed one particularly bloody day…

By Joe Sterling, CNN (CNN) — Violence in recent weeks has prompted a “slow but steady exodus” of Christians from the Iraqi cities of Baghdad and Mosul, the U.N. refugee agency said on Friday.…

Father Rafic Greische, spokesman of the Catholic Church in Egypt, spoke with Vatican Radio about recent difficulties faced by Egyptian Christians, including the imprisonment of Christians who protested…

MOSUL, Iraq — In recent weeks, Iraq’s Christians have suffered some of the deadliest attacks against their community since 2003. Iraqis have called for the Ninevah Plains region to be officially declared a Christian…

Chaldean Catholics attend Mass at St. Michael’s Church in El Cajon, Calif., June 20. The church community is almost entirely Chaldean and a vast majority are refugees and immigrants from Iraq.…

 iloubnan.info – Levantine Christians need liberty rather than protection, Lebanese Forces’ commander Samir Geagea told like-minded party businessmen at a run up to a Christmas gathering today.…

 .AFP Pope Benedict XVI on Thursday called for “Christ’s followers” to be defended in Africa, Asia and the Middle East and warned governments not to allow “antireligious fanaticism.”…