Monthly Archives: June 2020

by Martina Moyski  •  ChurchMilitant.com  •  Hungarian diplomat vows support for religious freedom.DETROIT (ChurchMilitant.com) – Senior secular and religious leaders from around the world are applauding President Trump’s efforts to advance religious freedom worldwide.…

The testimony now now makes it appears that US officials ignored the ethnic cleansing and harm to minorities in Syria.By SETH J. FRANTZMAN  A girl from the Yazidi sect fleeing the violence in Sinjar rests at the Iraqi-Syrian border crossing in Fishkhabour, Dohuk province, in 2014…

by Uzay Bulut “In 2017, after the Nineveh Plains were liberated from ISIS, Iran’s influence started its increase. They now have allied support from Shiite groups in Baghdad… The presence of the Shia Shabak is expanding, particularly in the town of Bartella. They are taking…

The partial withdrawal of US troops from northeast Syria in October created a vacuum for religious repression, a bipartisan US agency says. Turkish army tanks and armored personnel carriers are seen near the Turkish-Syrian border in Hatay province, Turkey, Jan. 23, 2018.  Photo by REUTERS/Umit Bektas.…

Breaking Israel News has published an opinion, entitled “Armenia’s self-defeating campaign against Christians.”News.Az presents the opinion by Jacob Kamaras, editor for the Jewish News Service.…

Many Assyrians living in southern Turkey fear for their future, as few communities remain in their ancestral homeland. Assyrians were persecuted during the 20th century and in the late 1980s and 1990s, conflict in the region forced many Assyrians to flee their homelands for Europe or Istanbul, where there are sizeable communities today.…

Iraqi Yazidi MP Vian Dakhil speaks out on challenges Yazidis, other minorities face in region.A file picture of Iraqi Yazidi MP Vian Dakhil. (Reuters)The ISIS scars among Yazidis are still bleeding six years later, as the majority of these people are scattered in various camps while the fate of others remains unknown. As if…

Iraq (International Christian Concern) – Today marks the six-year anniversary of when the Islamic State (ISIS) captured the Iraqi city of Mosul. The city is the capital of the Nineveh Governorate, which is traditionally home to most of Iraq’s Christian population. Thousands of Christians fled to Erbil in Iraq’s Kurdistan region. Even after the declared…

Source: Xinhua|  BAGHDAD, June 10 (Xinhua) — Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi said Wednesday that the strategic dialogue between Iraq and the United States is mainly aimed to serve the country’s interest and achieve its sovereignty.…

Lawk Ghafuri ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi vowed to prevent a repetition of the occupation and destruction of Mosul on Wednesday, marking the sixth anniversary of the Islamic State (ISIS) group’s capture of the city.…

Jennifer Wishon *Imagine an extraordinary place in the Middle East with a budding democracy where religious freedom flourishes. It sounds like a dream, but even amid civil war and the terror of ISIS, it was a reality in northeast Syria before Turkey was allowed to invade the region.…

by Kristine Christlieb  •  ChurchMilitant.com  LONDON (ChurchMilitant.com) – A group of Christian organizations is reporting on the Iranian government’s persecution of Christians to the United Nations Human Rights Committee (UNHRC).…

by Jonathan Cook It was inevitable that when the coronavirus pandemic reached the occupied Palestinian territories, as it did in early March, it would find its first purchase in Bethlehem, a few miles south-east of Jerusalem in the occupied West Bank.…

By Anugrah Kumar, Christian Post Contributor An Iranian flag flies in an Abyaneh mountain village. | Wikimedia Commons/Nick TaylorFive Christian groups have submitted a collaborative report to the United Nations Human Rights Committee, listing five ways in which Iranian Christians face violations to…

They are among the nearly 4,000 Assyrians left in the region after violence and poverty forced the community to leave Turkey in the 20th century.Turkish Assyrian leaders are worried about the future of their community in Turkey.…

Last weekend, Mosul archbishop, along with Muslim leaders and tribal dignitaries, visited the old city. The al-Nouri Mosque and the Al-Saea Church are two of the iconic buildings to be rebuilt. Fr Paul calls on those who fled to come back. But infrastructures must be rebuilt, corruption eradicated and services boosted.…

We got a look inside the food truck that made No. 1 on Yelp’s list of top places to eat in the U.S.Marie Tutko Bryan Zeto always had a passion for cooking, especially barbecuing and grilling meats.…

Melissa Nann Burke The Detroit NewsThirteen members of Michigan’s delegation in the U.S. House are asking the Judiciary Committee for hearings on the deportation of Iraqi nationals, including Christians potentially facing religious persecution.…

By Kathryn Jean Lopez  President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump visit the Saint John Paul II National Shrine in Washington, D.C., June 2, 2020. (Tom Brenner/Reuters)On Saint Patrick’s Day in 2016, United States secretary of state John Kerry…

Assyrian Christians, also known as Syriacs, fear for their community’s future in Turkey despite a recent slight increase in their numbers, AFP said on Friday.Evgil Türker, head of the Federation of Syriac Associations, told AFP that – like other communities in Turkey – Assyrians have been affected by the same economic issues and “political…