Monthly Archives: October 2014

Concrete slabs are placed on the Turkish-Syrian border during the construction of a wall in Reyhanli, southern Hatay province, April 28, 2014. Turkey has started building a new wall along a fragment of its southeastern border with Syria as it struggles against smuggling, illegal migration and the threat from al-Qaeda fighters among Syria’s rebel…

by Ajamu Baraka Source: alternet.org The U.S. is conducting a curious humanitarian war against ISIS in Syria.While Kobani, the largely Kurdish district that straddles the border with Turkey is being attacked by ISIS forces and facing the very real possibility of mass civilian killings if it falls, U.S.…

Mike Isaacs misaacs@pioneerlocal.com | @SKReview_Mike Gary Berger quietly fulfilled a big need in the Assyrian community three years ago when he opened the Assyrian American Pharmacy on the east end of Skokie. The entrepreneur, businessman and pharmacist was 65 then — retirement age — but…

by Paul Cicchini WEST BLOOMFIELD TWP, Mich. – It was another meeting of Michigan’s candidates for U.S. Senate, but it again fell short of the debate many voters in the state have hoped for. Democratic Rep. Gary Peters and Republican Terri Lynn Land participated in a…

Los Angeles, California (PRWEB) Assyrian Christians deploy the first Battalion of the newly established Nineveh Plain Protection Units to defend the area against IS threat. The American Mesopotamian Organization (AMO) is calling on the US and the…

by L. Gail Irwin Years ago, on a Holy Land tour, I visited the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, considered by some Christians to be the site of Jesus’ crucifixion and burial. I went back a few days later to a Sunday worship service of the Syrian Orthodox Church, and found it was…

By Tom Whitehead, John Bingham and Sarah Knapton Experts say reports of deaths of British jihadists in Syria and Isil’s Islamic State could actually encourage more would-be “martyrs” Up to 30 British jihadists are now believed to have died fighting alongside Isil and other…

Baron Albrecht von Boeselager By Paul Betts The Grand Chancellor of the Order of Malta discusses the dangers of providing aid in a volatile age Baron Albrecht von Boeselager’s sad expression and world-weary tone hardly disguise his controlled anger at events in Syria and Iraq.…

The Armenian National Assembly should pay more attention to the issue of Assyrian Genocide, head of the Federation of Assyrian Organizations of Armenia Irina Gasparyan told reporters on Thursday. There has been no response regarding the bill on recognition of the Assyrian Genocide,…

By Stoyan Zaimov , Christian Post Reporter Armenian and Syrian Orthodox Patriarchs Ask Christians to Remember the 1915 Genocide as Centennial Nears Activists hold pictures of Armenian victims during a demonstration to commemorate the…

Catholic World News – October 15, 2014 The leaders of two Eastern Christian churches have united in a call for the world to recognize the gravity of the Armenian genocide, as the 100th anniversary of that tragedy approaches.…

Johan Cosar is the type of foreign fighter you rarely hear about – rather than swearing allegiance to jihad, he’s pledged to defend his ancestral homeland until the “Islamic State” is eliminated. Three soldiers copyright: S. Cousins…

Iraq: ISIS desecrates ancient monastery | Monastery of Mar Behnam, Qaraqosh,Fr Charbel Issa,Fr Nizar Semaan Militiamen from the self-proclaimed ‘Islamic Caliphate’ have removed the crosses and burned ancient manuscripts in the historic Monastery of Mar Behnam, ten minutes from…

By John Pontifex THOUSANDS of displaced Iraqi Christians are to receive food, shelter, schooling and gifts for children in a concerted emergency relief programme rushed through by a Catholic charity before the onset of winter.…

by Bernardo Cervellera A second instalment is sent with funds raised in September. The fate of East-West relations is being played out in the Middle East and Iraq. Pope Francis and the Synod issue an appeal. Governments are lukewarm. Aid is coming from around the world. A new international community is defeating the “globalisation of…

Six “suicide car” bombings took place in the heart of Kobani Monday as the battle for the hotly contested Syrian town continued on the Turkish-Syrian border, an opposition source said. Till the filing of this report, the exact number of casualties in the bomb attacks remained unclear.…

Logo emblazoned on tents in background of ‘Blood of Jihad’ ISIS, the army of Islamic terrorists that has taken over large portions of Iraq and Syria and now threatens Baghdad, has released a new “Blood of Jihad” propaganda video featuring the United States’ name on tents in the background.…

Wolfgang F. Danspeckgruber on why Christians are being targeted in Syria and how the attacks impact the country as a whole. In Syria, members of the Christian community have been targets of jihadi groups fighting in the more than three-year-old conflict. Last week the Catholic Church…

On October 9, 2014 in Oak Park, Michigan, a special fundraising event was held to support American Middle East Christians Congress (AMECC) programs for the Iraqi Christians and others who have recently been displaced and face a bleak present and near future.…

Michael J. Miller Interview with Karin Maria Fenbert, Business Manager of Kirche in Not (Aid to the Church in Need, Germany), by André Stiefenhofer A displaced Iraqi child, who fled from violence by Islamic State militants in Mosul, sits with her family outside their tent at a camp in Irbil Sept. 14. (CNS photo/Ahmed Jadallah,…