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By Rudaw Ronak Ali Yazdin, 34, is from Shariya in Duhok province. Photo: Yazdin FB ERBIL, Kurdistan Region — A Yezidi woman living in diaspora for 10 years has returned to her homeland to try to win a seat in Duhok for the Iraqi parliament and is using social media to widen her campaign.…
Read moreThe ex-players’ appeal could be a big draw for some Iraqi voters. The campaign poster of Ahmed Radhi, a former Iraqi footballer, hanging in a street in Baghdad, on April 23. (AFP) BAGHDAD – In the sweltering heat of Mexico in 1986, Ahmed Radhi and Basil Gorgis…
Read moreTrump Administration to argue in appeals court that 1,400 Iraqi detainees are danger to public, national security. ACLU counters most have already served time and are Christians who face torture, death if sent back to Iraq.…
Read moreAt an April 15 Mass, Catholic leaders applauded the project for its efforts to promote Catholic solidarity and preserve Christian culture. CNA/EWTN News HARTFORD, Conn. — In a partnership with the Knights of Columbus, Catholics in the…
Read moreby Hawaii Catholic Herald Bishops attend Christmas Mass at St. Paul Cathedral in Mosul, Iraq, Dec. 24. (CNS photo/Amar Salih, EPA) In June 2014, Daesh (Islamic State) fighters swiftly defeated the fleeing Iraqi Army to…
Read more» Continue to this story on Public Radio of Armenia CWN Editor’s Note: “Like the Pope says, Christians must remain in the Middle East, and that’s why we’re staying,” said Archbishop Boutros Marayati. “We can’t do it without material help and the prayers of others, though.”…
Read moreBy Bradley Martin (Photo: SANA/Handout via Reuters)Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad speaks during an interview with Croatian newspaper Vecernji List in Damascus, Syria, in this handout picture provided by SANA on April 6, 2017. The recent airstrikes by the U.S., Great Britain and France against Syrian chemical…
Read moreMary Chalupsky CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE Archbishop Leonard P. Blair of Hartford, Conn., concelebrates a Mass for persecuted Christians in the Middle East April 15 at St. Mary Church in New Haven. At left is Iraqi-born Bishop Bawai Soro of the Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of Mar Addai of Toronto.…
Read moreBy Anugrah Kumar , Christian Post Contributor (Screenshot: YouTube)A mob assaults nuns at the Pushpa Mission Hospital in the temple town of Ujjain, India on March 12, 2018. As religious minorities in India, including Christians, are increasingly being targeted with…
Read moreBy John Newton and Monica Zorita FOLLOWING the latest attacks in Syria, one of the country’s leading bishops has issued an impassioned plea for peace – saying that the country needs prayer and not further violence.…
Read more© Sputnik / Yazan Kalash Syria was subject to a tripartite attack by the US, the UK and France on April 14, with the aggressors launching over 100 missiles at targets across the Arab state. The Syrian government has repeatedly denied using chemical weapons and described the strikes as a violation of the country’s sovereignty.…
Read more‘The Wait’ to screen at NVIC By: Egypt CAIRO – 16 April 2018: The documentary film, “The Wait”, will screen at NVIC -Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo on Sunday April 22. “The Wait” is a documentary film that follows the lives of Syrian Christians who escaped…
Read moreGerman broadcaster NDR has discovered that Syrian refugees with German residence permits are being smuggled into Turkey due to the fact that Berlin is hindering the reunification of refugees with their families and is not providing them with the visas needed to return to Ankara. Radio Sputnik discussed this with AfD politician Dr. Christian Blex.…
Read moreBy Stoyan Zaimov , Christian Post(Photo: REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed)Syrian refugee children stand in front of their family residence during rainy weather at the Al Zaatari refugee camp in the Jordanian city of Mafraq, near the border with Syria December 18, 2016.…
Read moreBy Rudaw People carry the Iraq and Kurdistan’s flags, as well as Assyrian ones during an Akitu parade on April 1, 2018. Photo: Vanessa Powell | Rudaw ERBIL, Kurdistan Region — Sixty Christian candidates are racing to secure five quota seats in the Iraqi parliament, with Duhok province considered to be the prime…
Read moreby Mohammed Ebraheem Nimrud Lamassu’s at the North West Palace of Ashurnasirpal, Iraq Baghdad (Iraqinews.com) – Iraq uncovered on Sunday a UN initiative to rehabilitate ancient sites which were devastated by Islamic State extremists during their capture of Nineveh province earlier.…
Read moreAndrew Brunson, a Christian pastor from North Carolina, US who has been in jail in Turkey since December 2016, is seen in this undated photo taken in Izmir, Turkey. (REUTERS) Pastor accused of trying to convert Turks to Christianity…
Read moreTodd Spangler, Detroit Free Press (Photo: Elaine Cromie , Detroit Free Press) WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. John Moolenaar, R-Midland, introduced a resolution Friday that calls on President Donald Trump to use his executive authority to block potential deportations of Iraqi Chaldeans.…
Read moreJournalist Pilar Rahola publishes a book in which she collects her five-year work on the persecution of Christians in the Middle East, Africa and Asia. “It was necessary to tell the world that there are people who die, not because of a random bullet, but because they are Christians”. SOURCES Protestante Digital AUTHOR Jonatán Soriano,…
Read moreBy Register Staff NEW HAVEN — A Mass on Sunday will be dedicated to the plight of minority Christians, who have been the victims of genocide by ISIS. The Mass, sponsored by the Archdiocese of Hartford and the Knights of Columbus, will…
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