Monthly Archives: April 2015

By John Carroll It’s a life-saving mission of epic proportion. A local man is trying to get tens of thousands of Christians and other minorities out of Iraq and Syria. Mark Arabo has been meeting with members of Congress and the administration since ISIS began capturing and killing people in march of last year. But…

(Photo: Reuters/YOUSSEF BOUDLAL) Iraqi Shiite militia fighters hold the Islamic State flag as they celebrate after breaking the siege of Amerli by Islamic State militants, September 1, 2014. American watchdog groups have called on the U.S. government to do more to help…

By Bianca Perez Heartbroken: The Assyrian Universal Alliance deputy secretary-general Hermiz Shahen at the vandalised Assyrian genocide monument at Bonnyrigg Park. Picture: Simon Bennett A MEMORIAL dedicated to the Assyrian genocide during World War I has been…

Members of the Aramean (Syriac) community in Turkey began a 100-hour hunger strike on Monday. (Photo: Cihan) TODAY’S ZAMAN / ISTANBUL Members of the Aramean (Syriac) community in Turkey began a 100-hour hunger strike…

Attack linked to Pope Francis’ statement on Armenian genocide Sydney Assyrian memorial vandalised The vandalised memorial at Bonnyrigg Park. [Photo: Anca] Michael Sweet…

The Daily Star BEIRUT: Turkey must apologize for the Armenian genocide, Maronite Patriarch Beshara Rai told reporters Tuesday from the Beirut airport before traveling to Yervan for a ceremony to mark the 100th anniversary of the mass killings.…

There is a growing scourge of genocide against Christians. With a chilling effect on April 7, 1994, the radio stations in Rwanda broadcasted messages to “cut the tall trees” and eliminate the “cockroaches” as a presage of a horrific genocide. Within 100 days close to 1 million people were killed with machetes, knives and clubs.…

By Nils Metzger, for CNN (CNN)When ISIS overran their villages near Mosul in August 2014, a small group of Assyrians, a Middle Eastern minority with a history reaching back more than 4,000 years, picked up weapons and formed their own militia: Dwekh Nawsha — “The Sacrificers.”…

Posted by ACN News By Oliver Maksan (Fr Steven © Aid to the Church in Need) “IRAQ: We priests and nuns are the last to leave.” • The heroes of faith in Iraq: Priests, seminarians and religious hold out while their flock is besieged by ISIS…

that have been committed against them a hundred years ago by the Ottoman authorities, in alliance with the vast majority of Kurdish tribes during World War I from 1914 to 1918. At these days from every year remember the Assyrians, Armenians and Greece through their political, religious, cultural and social institutions, the martyrs who…

TEHRAN, Apr. 20 (MNA) – Iran Deputy-FM for Arab and African Affairs said unity and cohesion are key elements for Iraq to get through its current critical condition. Meeting with Mohammad Faraj Ahmad Aziz, Kurdistan Islamic Union Party Secretary General, Amir-Abdollahian stressed the importance of stability and security in Iraq as well as Iran’s support…

Approximately two months after the Islamic State (IS) published a video depicting its members slaughtering 21 Coptic Christians in Libya, on Sunday, April 19, the Islamic jihadi organization released another video of more Christians in Libya being massacred, this time for not paying jizya—extortion money demanded of the “People of the Book” according to Koran…

Joseph Brean ISIL terrorists have destroyed a number of shrines in Iraq and Syria — including Muslim holy sites — to eliminate what they view as heresy. AFP/Getty Images // The Associated Press VIA social media ISIL terrorists have destroyed a number of shrines in Iraq and Syria — including Muslim holy sites — to…

Sydney – April 20th, 2015 The Assyrian Universal Alliance (AUA) welcomed to Australia Mrs Jakleen Zumaya, Former Member of Iraqi Parliament, Chairman of Enana Women Assembly, from– Iraq. Mrs Zumaya was invited by the AUA as a guest of honour to the official opening of the Assyrian New Year Festival on 22 March 2015.…

Sky News – Christians Killed In IS Video ‘Were Migrants’ Ethiopian authorities have said around 30 Christians purportedly killed by jihadist group Islamic State in Libya were likely to have been migrants hoping to reach Europe. A 29-minute video apparently showing the killing of two groups of captives – described…

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – An Iranian deputy foreign minister voiced Tehran’s support for neighboring Iraq’s unity and territorial integrity, stressing that such help is provided not only for the central government, but also for Kurds, Sunni Muslims, Christians, Izadis and other Iraqi ethnic groups.…

VASUDEVAN-SRIDHARAN By Vasudevan Sridharan Isis execution of Ethiopian Christians Islamic State militants lead what are said to be Ethiopian Christians along a beach in Wilayat Barqa, in this still image from an undated video made available on a social media websiteReuters…

By John Soderman SAN DIEGO (KUSI) – In La Jolla, members of the Jewish community gathered to commemorate the 70th Anniversary of the end of the Holocaust. As they paid their respects to the 6 million Jews who were killed, they included the plight of Christians being massacred, slaughtered and terrorized by groups like ISIS…

Jon Gambrell and Merrit Kennedy, Associated Press A still from a new ISIL video appears to show the killing of a group of captured Ethiopian Christians in Libya. Associated PressA still from a new ISIL video appears to show the killing of a group of captured Ethiopian Christians in Libya.…

Rallies in support of Assyrians were held in several cities in Georgia; photo courtesy: rally participant. Agenda.ge, Tbilisi,Georgia Thousands of Georgians have taken to the streets in Tbilisi and other Georgian cities to support Assyrian Christians on Sunday. “Solidarity with Assyrian Christians” was the motto of the rally, which saw people hold…