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Iraq (International Christian Concern) –  Archbishop Bishar Warda has stated that in Erbil, there are currently 2,000 Christian families affected by COVID, with 23 individuals having died since March. Maryamana Hospital in Ankawa, a Christian neighborhood in Erbil, is used to coordinate COVID treatment but does not…

The current conflict with Azerbaijan is rekindling fears, a century after genocide.MORGAN LEE|Image: Alex McBride / Stringer / GettyA transcript of the episode will be available on Thursday.…

Syria’s Greek Orthodox Christians hope the resumption of ties between Syria and Greece will help them recover from the war.al-monitor Catholic believers and clerics gather outside the Greek-Melkite Patriarchal Cathedral of the Dormition of Our Lady to mark Palm Sunday in the capital Damascus in Bab Sharki, Old Damascus, on April 14,…

Since a truce was agreed in October 2019, Turkey’s military and allied militias have attacked Syrian (and Iraqi) territory hundreds of times, an average of 2.3 violations per day, including battles, bombings, looting and drone strikes. Tel Tamer, a largely Christian area, is one of the affected areas. The goal is demographic change.…

ByAdrian Pabst – Pope Francis poses for a selfie with a man after Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord’s Supper at the Center for Asylum Seekers in Castelnuovo di Porto. Photo: CNS/L’Osservatore RomanoMindful of our fractured world, the pope calls for a fairer sharing of resources, care for nature, and compassion for migrants.…

Kevin Clarke Archbishop Bashar Warda speaks at the opening of a new recovery center originally built by L’Œuvre d’Orient, France, and prepared for Covid-19 patients by the Chaldean Archdiocese of Erbil. (Photo by Stivan Shany, courtesy of the Archdiocese of Erbil)…

By Katey Iraq (MNN) — Remember the Yazidis? ISIS massacred 5,000 of them and drove hundreds of thousands out of northern Iraq in 2014. More about that here. Details are now starting to emerge from an October 9 peace deal that could allow Yazidi survivors to begin returning home.…

Eric Esshaki says his Iraqi immigrant father taught him the ‘value of the American dream’Esshaki says Trump’s ban on travellers from several Muslim-majority countries is not a Muslim ban (Courtesy of Esshaki’s campaign)By Ali Harb…

ALQOSH, Iraq — The British Ambassador to Iraq, Stephen Hickey, visited the Syriac Chaldean town of Alqosh in Nineveh Plains to speak with Syriac Chaldean Mayor Lara Yousef Zarra and to see firsthand the living conditions in the town. During the visit, the situation in the area was discussed and both sides exchanged views on…

John Newton with Maria LozanoArchbishop Najeeb Michaeel of Mosul © ACN Source: ACN A bishop in Iraq has been nominated for the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought for saving more than 800 historic manuscripts from destruction by the terrorist group Daesh (ISIS).…

KENZO TRIBOUILLARD | AFP  John Burger –Archbishop Najeeb Michaeel helped Christians flee Mosul when ISIS was invading.Apriest who guided Christians out of Mosul when the Islamic State group invaded, and saved more than 800 priceless manuscripts from the city has been nominated for the 2020 Sakharov Prize.…

By John Newton with Maria Lozano A BISHOP in Iraq has been nominated for the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought for saving more than 800 historic manuscripts from destruction by the terrorist group Daesh (ISIS).…

Flag of Azerbaijan on military uniform. Credit: Bumble Dee/ShutterstockBy Matt Hadro Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 13, 2020 / 01:00 pm MT (CNA).- Religion is a central factor in the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan, Christian advocates explained in a briefing on the conflict on Friday.…

For Msgr. Abou Khazen the document is an act in defence of a people “wounded and attacked by thieves on the way to Jericho”. Syria is also waiting for a Good Samaritan “to save us”. But the West in recent years has betrayed hopes. A text “to be explored even in the Muslim world” and…

Nusaybin, a predominantly Kurdish town in Turkey’s southeastern province of Mardin, has been suffering from restricted Internet access since a Turkish military operation in Syria in October of last year, Turkish Minute reported.…

For the cardinal, ‘Fratelli Tutti’ is a call “to live in peace” and put “aside enmities” and for “charity and brotherhood”. Christians can pass on brotherhood and mercy to Muslims “for a radical change”. Christians, Jews, Muslims, and Hindus have been affected by secularisation. The encyclical must be presented in a more user-friendly way to…

IRAQ – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency in Iraq, welcomes the additional voluntary contribution of 13.36 million euros by the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany to provide vital humanitarian assistance and protection to vulnerable Syrian refugee families in Iraq. This latest funding brings Germany’s total contribution for…

Led by Nathan Kalasho and Wisam Naoum, the council will also be forming a Chaldean/Assyrian Women for Biden group THEAANEWS COMMUNITY, ELECTIONS, LOCAL, NATIONAL ELECTIONDETROIT – On Tuesday, Biden for President Michigan (the state’s Joe…

Damage in downtown Beirut following an explosion at the city’s port,. Credit: Erich Karnberger/Shutterstock. (CNA).- On August 4, a fire in the capital city of Beirut, Lebanon spread to a warehouse containing some 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate.…

When ISIS took over his city, Archbishop Najeeb Michaeel Moussa knew he had to jump into action to save hundreds of ancient manuscripts. The risky effort was dangerous but ultimately successful. Now, he has been nominated for a prestigious award by the European Union.By Shirin Jaafari…