Monthly Archives: September 2014

Syrian Kurdish forces say they have halted advance by Islamic State near border Refugees wait near the Turkish-Syrian border after fleeing Syria, near Sanliurfa, Turkey, yesterday. More than 130,000 Syrian Kurds fleeing the Islamic State militant group have crossed into Turkey in the past three days, the deputy Turkisk prime minister said.…

Call for aid and US air strikes as Isis extremists’ advance on Kobani triggers unprecedented flood of refugees A Turkish soldier stands guard as Syrian Kurds cross the border fence into Turkey near the southeastern town of Suruc. Photograph: Reuters…

Theresa Sitto, a retired teacher, runs a small business that helps connect people — hopefully for life. Inspired by Patti Stanger, the star of the reality TV series “The Millionaire Matchmaker,” Sitto has been making love connections for Chaldeans — people of Iraqi ancestry who…

Chuck Stokes Copyright 2014 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. WXYZ Detroit – On Sunday, September 21, Spotlight on the News will discuss the ISIS…

Patriarch Louis Raphael I Sako By: John Newton and Oliver Maksan Iraq: Church leader urges UN to recognise genocide against Christians | Iraq, Christians, United Nations, Chaldean Patriarch, Louis Raphael I Sako, Aid to the Church in Need, ACN…

World Bulletin / News Desk Turkey’s National Education Ministry gives official go-ahead for Mor Efrem nursery school in Istanbul to educate in Assyrian language. A private Assyrian nursery school in Istanbul’s Yesilkoy neighborhood has been granted…

“The survival of these historic Christian communities is not merely a moral imperative; it is in the interests of all nations and peoples.”-IDC Dr. Ramsay F. Dass, President of the American Middle East Christian Congress (AMECC), with a personal Honorarium Invitation from Mr. Toufic Baaklini, President of…

By Reece Ristau When Gabrielle Jabbour was forced to flee Syria with his wife in 2012, he brought along $3,000 and not much else. The pair traveled to Beirut and eventually the United States. Gabrielle Jabbour was the…

By Roxana Popescu (/staff/roxana-popescu/) FILE – This file image posted on a militant website on Saturday, June 14, 2014, which has been verified and is consistent with other AP reporting, appears to show militants from the al-Qaida-inspired Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) taking aim at…

From Our Special Correspondent Daijiworld Media Network – Bangalore Bangalore, Sep 18: Archbishop of Bangalore Dr Bernard Moras and seven other Bishops of different Dioceses of the State met Karnataka Governor Vajubhai Rudabhai…

AP/Press Association Images Members of Kurdish Peshmerga forces in Makhmour, northern Iraq Christians in Kurdistan, northern Iraq are being called to join the Kurdish Peshmerga forces in fighting against the Islamic State…

RUSH: Ken in Livonia, Michigan. Welcome, sir. Glad you waited, and great to have you here. CALLER: Yeah, I wanted to comment, Rush, that we’re seeing history repeat itself again with Obama. The same mistake that he made in Egypt, the same mistake he…

US Rep Charlie Dent explains why he voted against an amendment authorizing the Obama administration to train and equip Syrian rebels to fight Islamic State militants. By Laura Olson,…

By Olivia Lougee ASST. NEWS EDITOR The crisis for Chaldean Christians in Iraq hits home for some San Diegans El Cajon, a hub for Iraqi refugees, was the site of recent demonstrations calling for the United States to grant asylum to thousands of Iraqi Christians facing threats by the militant group.…

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) Syriac Catholic Patriarch Ignace Joseph III Younan prayed during an ecumenical service in Washington last week. Five Catholic and Orthodox patriarchs from the Middle East urged Westerners to take action to help ensure that Christians and other minorities can remain in the region.…

Vatican City (AFP) – A Roman Catholic bishop based in Iraq on Tuesday said international mobilisation against Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq had come “too late”.…

Ramy Jajo The Nineveh Plains are rich in natural resources and sit to the north-west of Baghdad; the largest city there is Mosul. Nevertheless, the area has long been caught in a conflict between the central government in Baghdad and the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region.’…

Washington, D.C. September 11, 2014 The IDC Summit Ecumenical Christian Prayer Service From September 9 to 11, 2014 in Washington DC, ICAE Institute President Joseph T. Kassab, a board advisory member and head of the Michigan delegation to the…

Ankawa.com – Exclusive Translated by Rashwan Issam Aldaqaq The Prime Minister of Iraq Kurdistan Regional Government, Mr Nigervan Albarazany, approved on Monday, 15th of September 2014, the resignation request of the minister…

In a move to further establish the Islamic caliphate, ISIS militants have imposed the mandatory removal of all Syriac and Christian teachings from school curricula. Educational institutes across Mosul and Nineveh Plain bearing Christian names, such as the St Thomas Christian school, will also be renamed under the new policy issued by…