Monthly Archives: January 2020

Lawk Ghafuri ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – UNHCR, the United Nations refugee agency, is working with the governments in Baghdad and Erbil to promote the “safe and dignified” return of displaced people to their homes, the agency told Rudaw on Friday. …

WATCH terrifying footage of ambulances arriving at a collapsed building following the earthquake that has rocked Turkey.By Svar Nanan-Sen The earthquake has affected Turkey, Syria, Georgia, and Armenia. The magnitude of…

BEIRUT, LEBANON – Missions Box News has published myriads of articles over the past several years informing our readers of the global refugee crisis. The families displaced by the Syrian conflict have been a major focal point of the crisis for global media outlets.Recently, reports have begun to surface, not only about the common…

By: Eric Czarnik | Sterling Heights Sentry | Work continues on an expansion of the Chaldean Community Foundation’s campus, located near the intersection of 15 Mile and Ryan roads in Sterling Heights.Photo by Deb Jacques…

  Karwan Faidhi Dri Steve Fagin, the US Consul General in Erbil, speaks to Rudaw at the launch of the Building Economic Empowerment for Minorities (BEEM) in IKR project, January 23, 2020. Photo: Rudaw TV…

The executive committee’s third meeting was held on January 21 and 22. Christian leaders re-launch appeal for the release of the two bishops kidnapped in Syria. The political and institutional situation in the area is worrying, from Lebanon to Iraq. Greater support for Christians in Palestine, victims of occupation and isolation.…

ByJoe SnellThe 5,500 U.S. troops in Iraq do not directly provide security for Assyrian Christian and Yazidi communities, but they do provide training and support to Iraqi forces and fight alongside coalition partners against the Islamic State. Photo by Staff Sgt. Desmond Cassell/U.S. Army | License Photo…

Saad Salloum Iraqi Christians pray during a Christmas Day Mass at St. George Chaldean Church, Baghdad, Dec. 25, 2019. BAGHDAD — Members of various religious minorities in Iraq say they are worried that a possible US troop withdrawal could negatively affect the future diversity of the country.…

Still missing: Bishop Boulos Yazigi and Mar Gregorios Yohanna Ibrahim The Middle East Council of Churches has issued the following statement related to the case and fate of two Metropolitan Archbishops of Aleppo, Boulos Yaziji and Mor Gregorius Youhanna Ibrahim, who were kidnapped on 22 April 2013.…

ISTANBULThe search operation for a missing Chaldean Catholic couple has yielded no result for 12 days, their priesthood holder son said on Jan. 23.Gendarmerie special forces, crime scene investigators, sniffer dog units, unmanned aerial vehicle operators and volunteers have been carrying out the search operation for Hurmuz and ?imuni Diril around Mount Kato since Jan.…

byBill Federer “I see Jesus in every human being. I say to myself…This one has leprosy or gangrene; I must wash him & tend to him…”“I see Jesus in every human being…I say to myself…This one has leprosy or gangrene; I must wash him & tend to him. I serve because I love Jesus.”…

reportedly “kidnapped by unknown perpetrators” in the southeastern ??rnak province.?stanbul – BIA News Desk Parents of ?stanbul Chaldean Church priest Remzi Diril who have been missing since January 11, have been kidnapped by “unknown perpetrators,” according to the Federation of Syriac Associations (SÜDEF) said in a statement.…

By: Heather Catallo He has been the face of the Iraqi deportation fight here in metro Detroit. Now after a 2 1/2 year legal battle, a judge has ruled Sam Hamama can stay with his family in West Bloomfield.…

by Madoc CairnsThe two bishops disappeared while travelling in the area between the Syrian metropolis and the border with Turkey…

Their son, a Chaldean priest in Istanbul, is deeply concerned. He cares for over 7,000 refugees. The last contact dates back to January 7. Neighbors did not report the disappearance for fear of retaliation. A Kurdish activist, who has been in prison and ill for 28 years, commits suicide in protest against abuses and human…

ISIS forced an eight-year-old boy to execute a Christian prisoner in the latest sickening act from the terror group.By Laura Mowat…

By: Heather CatalloHe has been the face of the Iraqi deportation fight here in metro Detroit. Now after a 2 1/2 year legal battle, a judge has ruled Sam Hamama can stay with his family in West Bloomfield.…

Qasr al-Yahud (“the Castle of the Jews”) is located in the West Bank about 40 km. east of Jerusalem, on the border with Jordan. It is one of the holiest sites in the Christian world.By ROSSELLA TERCATIN…

As the Middle East and the Arab World witness a very dangerous period, and the citizens of this region including Christians who are an integral part of the region’s cultural identity, face huge challenges, the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity begins. This Week which is celebrated between the 18th and 25th of January is…

Andrew LawlerSources: Yemen missile attack kills at least 70 soldiersAnalysis: How Parnas worked his way into Trump worldIn the eighth century B.C., Assyrian King Sargon II ruled over a wealthy and powerful…