Monthly Archives: January 2018

By Samuel Smith , CP Reporter (Photo: Reuters/Osman Orsal)Turkey-backed Free Syrian Army fighters are seen at a training camp in Azaz, Syria, January 28, 2018. Christian churches in Syria are crying out for help and assistance amid deadly attacks…

By Murcadha O Flaherty A CARNEGIE-MEDAL nominated author has given more than £800 to two charities – after braving 40mph winds and heavy rain to complete an obstacle course. Corinna Turner took part in the Manchester Rough Runner race – which involved…

SYRIA The Associated Press Map Syria shows the latest areas of control by Pro-Assad, Kurdish, Islamic State and Free Syrian Army forces.; 2c x 2 1/4 inches; 96.3 mm The Latest on the developments in Syria and Turkey’s offensive on the Syrian Kurdish enclave of Afrin (all times local):…

by Shelley Chandler USA urges Turkey to remain focused on Daesh, not attack Syria’s Afrin Turkey says it is launching a full military operation against these Kurds – which it considers a terrorist group. The statement said the operation will also take sensitivity into account and no civilian/innocent person would be harmed. Almost 350,000 Kurds…

by Johny Messo Christians, members of the largest religion in the world, have become the most persecuted faith group but lack a political voice. The White House urgently needs to develop a clear vision of how to help Christianity survive — let alone thrive — in its homeland. At the moment, there seems to be…

By Web Desk – Last year the Vice President of America, Mike Pence promised to help Iraq refugees which he fulfilled this year. The Vice President said to stop donating through United Nations rather help the ‘persecuted communities through USAID. In the previous year Mike Pence made a speech at the Annual Solidarity Dinner for…

by Adam Becket A Yazidi child who survived a massacre of the religious minority plays at an orphanaage in Duhok, Iraq THE Bishop of Coventry, Dr Christopher Cocksworth, has said that the protection of religious and ethnic minorities, including Christians, in Iraq is crucial for a “secure and…

Tony Perkins By Tony Perkins | Fox News Coptic Christians targeted in Egypt ISIS claims responsibility for shooting; Greg Palkot reports. As Vice President Mike Pence prepares for his visit to Egypt, Jordan and Israel that…

By Renad Mansour, Hisham al-Hashimi Despite its defeat on the battlefield, the Islamic State is using Iraq’s black market to stockpile millions of dollars to fuel its coming insurgency. By Renad Mansour, Hisham al-Hashimi (Getty Images/Zak Bickel illustration for Foreign Policy) (Getty Images/Zak Bickel illustration for Foreign Policy)…

Maureen Groppe, USA President Donald Trump delivers the keynote speech at the 2017 Value Voters Summit, hosted by the Family Research Council. Time WASHINGTON — A year after President Trump moved into the White House, many of…

By Tony Perkins | Fox News Coptic Christians targeted in Egypt ISIS claims responsibility for shooting; Greg Palkot reports. As Vice President Mike Pence prepares for his visit to Egypt, Jordan and Israel that begins at the end of this week, concerns continue to mount for the Middle East’s…

DETROIT, Jan. 18, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Alexander A. Ayar has joined the Detroit office of McDonald Hopkins LLC, a business advisory and advocacy law firm, as member in the Litigation Department. He comes to McDonald Hopkins from Foster Swift Collins & Smith.…

abortion , canada summer jobs , canada summer jobs program , justin trudeau , persecution , summer jobs grants MISSISSAUGA, Ontario, January 17, 2018 (LifeSiteNews) – Christians and other faith-based groups are suffering “persecution” under Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government by…

Sarah Benhaida| Agence France Presse BARTELA, Iraq: A Christmas tree stands on a roundabout in Bartela in northern Iraq, its base adorned by posters of Shabak martyrs killed in the fight against Daesh (ISIS). Now that victory has been declared against the militants, Iraq’s ethnic and religious…

Pete Shilaimon, a Catholic, is the producer of the new movie “Forever My Girl.” He was born and raised in Baghdad and escaped Iraq with his family to avoid religious persecution. He is pictured in a 2014 photo. (CNS photo/courtesy Rosie Collins) By Mark Pattison Catholic News Service…

By Perry Chiaramonte | Fox News Iraqi Archbishop Bashar Warda says that in order for the region of Northern Iraq to survive, help is needed from the US and the international community. One of the top religious leaders in the ISIS-scarred region of northern Iraq says…

Residents of Baghdad have erected a 30-foot-tall Christmas tree to celebrate Christmas and to mark the end of the terror army Islamic State (ISIS), beaten back by Iraqi Security Forces. The patriarch of Iraq’s Chaldean Catholic Church, Louis Raphael Sako, requested that…

abortion , canada summer jobs , canada summer jobs program , justin trudeau , persecution , summer jobs grants MISSISSAUGA, Ontario, January 17, 2018 (LifeSiteNews) – Christians and other faith-based groups are suffering “persecution” under Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government by…

With victory declared against the Islamic State group, ethnic and religious minorities are reclaiming their place within the country’s fractured society By Sarah Benhaida An Iraqi man, from the Shabak community, stands amidst the rubble of a house which was destroyed by Islamic State (IS) group jihadists in the village of Baz Gerkan east of…

On Tuesday, 60 people representing Muslim, Jewish, Sikh, Christian and other faiths met to debate whether the government is violating their religious freedoms Father Niaz Toma of the Chaldean Catholic Eparchy after a meeting of religious groups to discuss concerns with the Canada Summer Jobs controversy in Mississauga on Jan.…