Monthly Archives: September 2014

Chaldean Bishop Emeritus Ibrahim Ibrahim said President Barack Obama ‘assured that the United States will do whatever is possible to get rid of ISIS.’ / AP Concerned about the worsening condition of minorities in their native land, metro Detroit…

Geneva/Baghdad/Erbil – The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement has pledged to intensify its humanitarian activities in Iraq, and to increase assistance for more than 1.5 million Iraqis displaced as a result of continuous fighting in various parts of the country.…

By Deke Farrow jfarrow@modbee.com The Assyrian Star Dancers from Turlock do a traditional gobari dance at the Assyrian Food Festival held at the Assyrian Cultural Center of Bet-Nahrain in Ceres on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2014. DEBBIE NODA — dnoda@modbee.com |…

By Bishop Bawai Soro Aid, Armed Conflicts, Civil Society, Global, Global Governance, Headlines, Human Rights, Humanitarian Emergencies, IPS UN: Inside the Glasshouse, Middle East & North Africa, Migration & Refugees, Peace, Religion…

Catholic World News – Bishop Sarhad Yawsip Jammo, the head of a Chaldean Catholic eparchy based in San Diego, will travel to the White House with a list of 25,000 Iraqi Catholics who seek entry into the United States.…

Associated Press Government forces have captured a central Syrian town that has changed hands several times during the civil war, the military and activists said Friday.…

By Stoyan Zaimov , Christian Post Reporter A resident of Tabqa city touring the streets on a motorcycle waves an Islamist flag in celebration after Islamic State militants took over Tabqa air base, in nearby Raqqa city August 24, 2014. Islamic State militants stormed the air base in northeast Syria on…

By Mark Tooley Such misunderstandings are probably inevitable. enator Ted Cruz’s vigorous affirmation of Israel, which provoked boos from a conference for persecuted Mideast Christians on Wednesday in Washington, D.C., has created a growing controversy. Unfortunately, the strife is unlikely to help either Israel or…

by Kathryn Jean Lopez A bit of a mess this week reminds me again how little we in America are doing when we have such tremendous power. Families, individuals, campus groups, parishes, friends, co-workers, couples … pray for Iraqi and Syrian Christians.…

by Jordan Schachtel The Assyrian community and the Kurds of Iraq have staked a claim to areas throughout the region, including the Nineveh province in the State’s north. Due to the Islamic State’s surge through the country, geopolitical ramifications have caused both entities to…

NNA – Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea received in Maarab a delegation of the Syriac Catholic Church headed by Archbishop Bassilios Gerges Casmoussa with talks touching on the situation of Iraqi Christian refugees.…

Syriac leaders say Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea showed willingness to help facilitate host of Iraqi Christians in Lebanon. (AFP/File) A Syriac delegation met Friday with Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea to seek shelter for Iraqi Christians who have been displaced by the advance of Islamist militants.…

A young refugee rests after having fled from ISIS and arrived in Ankawa in the northern part of Erbil, Iraq. Credit: www.ankawa.com. Baghdad, Iraq, Sep 12, 2014 / 04:01 am (CNA/EWTN News).- An Argentinian priest caring for the Catholic community in Baghdad says the faith of persecuted Iraqi…

by JNS.org. U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) speaks at the 2014 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland. Credit: Gage Skidmore via Wikimedia Commons. (JNS.org) U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) was booed off the stage for voicing support for…

By Natasha Sweatte Several former Iraqis now living in San Diego criticized President Obama’s strategy Wednesday for confronting ISIS militants, and said they worry that partnering with the Iraqi government will do more harm than good.…

Author: Reuters By Oliver Holmes BEIRUT, Sept 10 (Reuters) – Amid the war in Syria, one hillside vineyard still produces wines that are served in the Michelin-starred restaurants of London and Paris. It has been a struggle to keep Syria’s last commercial vineyard open, the owner of…

Association has learned to defend press freedom in Iraq, said the armed groups that kidnapped reporter channel Saladin Adnan al-Obeidi will be implemented sentenced to death Wednesday evening in the field of Al Alam. The reporter channel of Salahuddin Qaesar Roudhan Alnahidi to the Association that the photojournalist Adnan al-Obeidi, was kidnapped by the organization “Islamic…

Catholic World News – Pope Francis will travel to Turkey in late November, according to a report in Crux, the news service recently launched by the Boston Globe. The Vatican has not announced plans for a papal visit to Turkey. Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople has invited the Pope to visit, but Turkey’s President…

Catholic World News Prince Charles, the heir to the British throne, has offered his “profound sympathy” to the head of the Chaldean Catholic Church for the “unbearable and barbaric persecution” suffered by Christians and other religious minorities. In his response, Patriarch Louis Raphaël I Sako said that “our Christian community in Iraq has endured massacres…

(29/08/2014): Assyrian refugees in Arbil Applying for passports in preparation for leaving their ancestral homeland. Today’s Assyrians (a historical outline) Assyrians today are the indigenous people of what is known as “Iraq”, they belong to…