Monthly Archives: January 2016

BEIRUT – The Islamic State group released on Friday 16 Assyrian Christian hostages of a group of 200 Syrians kidnapped by the jihadist group about a year ago in Syria. The 16 hostages, including some nine women and several children, were released by IS in the Syrian northeastern province of al-Hasakah, the Syrian Observatory for…

carey-lodge Carey Lodge Christian Today Journalist ACERO Photos released by ACERO on Facebook show the freed hostages with the Bishop of Syria, His Grace Mar Afram Athneil. ISIS has released 16 more Assyrian Christian hostages in Syria, activists working in the region have confirmed.…

Henry Samuel, The Telegraph | Migrants’ tents are pictured in the migrants camp of Grande-Synthe, near Dunkirk, on January 20, 2016, where almost some 2,500 migrants and refugees live, mostly Iraqi Kurds and Syrians. AFP / PHILIPPE HUGUENMigrants’ tents are pictured in the migrants camp of Grande-…

By Catholic News Service An Iraqi Chaldean Catholic receives humanitarian aid in 2015 in Beirut. Iraq’s Chaldean Catholic patriarch said increasing incidents of discrimination against Christians in Iraqi society were inciting fear and causing an exodus of Christians from their homeland. (CNS photo/Wael hamzeh, EPA)…

The Arab-American News (Michigan) has not stopped lately, either through its editorial or general content, in attacking the integrity, personality, or ecumenical or civil position of members of the Middle East Christian communities who have worked diligently to preserve and protect the Middle East Christians and Christianity here in Michigan, the United States, and Middle…

St. Mary Church Diyarbakir 1 The World Council of Arameans (Syriacs) has just received alarming messages from the final remaining Arameans in the Sur district of Diyarbakir in Southeast Turkey, that this unique heritage site is in great danger of being destroyed soon. The last Aramean family in the city, which once was inhabited by…

Warsaw, Poland – At the KRG office on January 19, 2016 took place a New Year’s meeting with institutions and organisations which bring humanitarian aid for refugees in Kurdistan. The meeting ended up with important decision – all involved charity organisation in Poland and ministry of foreign affairs will coordinate their activities aimed to help…

By Beata Stur Prague has reportedly welcomed the first group of Iraqi Christians that have been offered asylum in the country. The Czech Republic, as is the case with Slovakia, has agreed to host only Christians. As reported by The Vatican Radio, their arrival comes amid mounting tensions between…

Christians suffer severe persecution in Iran, particularly those who’ve converted from Islam. While the West is cheering about the recent nuclear deal, it doesn’t look like it will improve human rights. Christians celebrating Christmas in Iran, Copyright: Fars When Iranian President Hassan Rouhani visits Pope Francis in the Vatican on Tuesday…

Following reports confirming the destruction of Iraq’s oldest monastery, the patriarchate of the Chaldean Catholic Church has called upon the Iraqi government and its allies to do more to protect holy sites from the forces of the Islamic State.…

By Oliver Maksan Since it was made known that Iraq’s oldest Christian monastery had been destroyed by the terrorist militia “Islamic State”, there has been widespread distress in Iraq. “St. Elijah’s monastery in Mosul was a symbol of the Christian presence in Iraq. The fact that it has been destroyed is terrible,” Father Dankha Issa…

The Islamic State destroyed St. Elijah’s in Mosul, but not the ideals that built it 1,400 years ago. By Bill Nemitz Columnist Columnist Bill Nemitz climbs stairs at the St. Elijah Monastery on Dec. 24, 2004, in Mosul, Iraq. Gregory Rec/Staff Photographer…

by Uzay Bulut In the eyes of many devout Muslims, tolerance seems to be a one-way street. “The relation between Islam and the rest of the world is marked by asymmetry. Muslims may and do enjoy all kinds of freedoms and privileges in the lands of the Kuffar [the infidels]; however non-Muslims are not granted…

By Nina Shea Published January 20, 2016 FoxNews.com ISIS destroys Iraq’s oldest Christian monastery Mosul’s massive, stone-walled monastery of St. Elijah, dating from the sixth century and distinguished by an entryway etched by Christian monks with Chi Rho, the first Greek letters of the word Kristos, “Christ,” has been obliterated. From satellite photos of the…

By Anugrah Kumar , Christian Post Contributor Militant Islamist fighters on a tank take part in a military parade along the streets of northern Raqqa province June 30, 2014. Militant Islamist fighters held a parade in Syria’s northern Raqqa province to celebrate their declaration of an Islamic “caliphate”…

© AFP 2016/ HO / ALBARAKA NEWS Middle East The Syriac Security Office commonly known as the Sutoro Police is a Syriac (Assyrian) Christian militia in the Al-Hasakah Governorate of the Syrian Arab Republic. The Head of the Foreign Relations of Sutoro Police spoke to Sputnik in an exclusive interview about the component of Sutoro…

Warsaw, Poland – on January 20, 2016 as a result of Ziyad Raoof the KRG Representative in Poland invitation took place New Year’s meeting with journalists and media representatives. The event was attended by journalists from the biggest Polish TV stations, radio stations, newspapers and online services.…

File picture of St Elijah’s monastery in Iraq whose destruction by IS militants has been called “a disaster” by Chaldean Patriarch Louis Sako. (Vatican Radio) The head of the Chaldean Church and Archbishop of Baghdad, Patriarch Louis Sako has described the destruction by jihadists of the ancient monastery of St Elijah near the city of…

Today “Polska the Times” – one of the biggest Polish newspaper- published an important article about Kurdistan Region and Kurds. Ziyad Raoof KRG Representative to Poland commented situation in Kurdistan in that article which is entitled: “Representative of Kurdistan: We need military and humanitarian assistance and support from Polish government”.…

by JNS.org. Iraqi refugee children in Damascus, Syria. British-Jewish publisher George Weidenfeld, who died Wednesday, funded the rescue of Christians persecuted by the Islamic State terror group in Iraq and Syria. Credit: James Gordon via Wikimedia Commons. Iraqi refugee children in Damascus, Syria. British-Jewish publisher George Weidenfeld,…