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Turkish invasion of Syria ‘bad idea,’ Ankara now responsible for all ISIS prisoners – Trump Admitting that Turkey “invaded” Syria, US President Donald Trump called the attack “a bad idea” and said the US does not endorse it. Turkey is now responsible for guarding all the Islamic State captives in the area, he added.…
Read moreBy Ruth Sax A Syrian pastor has said he is sceptical about Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s promise to help Syria’s Christians rebuild their churches “so that they will be able to return to their lands and start praying there again”.…
Read moreDonald Trump says he is poised to impose ‘powerful sanctions‘ on Turkey as Erdogan continues military onslaught in Syria – as unrest helps nearly 800 ISIS brides and their children escape from a camp…
Read moreChristian persecution in Iraq and Syria has decreased dramatically in the aftermath of the fall of the Islamic State, a report published Wednesday revealed, in large part because the affected areas have been almost completely stripped of their Christian populations.…
Read moreSource: fsspx.newsThe Italian Foreign Missions Agency, AsiaNews headlined on October 31: “Turks and jihadists in ‘soft’ ethnic cleansing of Kurds and Christians in North East Syria.” According to international activists and NGOs on the spot, “the Turkish army and the…
Read moreSecurity forces opened fire on protesters in Nassiriya. At least 50 people injured, some of them seriously. The police attacked to regain control of two strategic bridges. Tehran condemns the attack on diplomatic representation; the authorities decree a curfew.…
Read moreBy – The Washington Times – Christian evangelicals and religious advocates are sharply criticizing President ’s decision to pull U.S. troops back from northern , warning it has created a security vacuum on the ground that puts religious minorities in the firing line and could lead to a resurgence of both Islamist Turkish influence and…
Read moreMass protests consisting mostly of young Shia men against corporate and state corruption, frequent power cuts, dirty water supplies and unemployment.By Maurice Glasman…
Read moreIraq’s defense minister is under investigation for crimes against humanity and for claiming Swedish social benefits while he was living in Iraq.Najah al-Shammari, center, Iraq’s defense minister, at a security check point last month.Credit…Hadi Mizban/Associated Press…
Read moreSaddam Hussein (Photo: U.S. military)WDIV compiles a list of luminaries who have received a symbolic key to the city of Detroit, including the late Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein in 1980.…
Read moreThe Church provides protesters with “food and shelter” every week. Schools and public buildings are closed in several southern cities. Six more people died yesterday in Baghdad in three separate explosions that no one has claimed. For Bishop Habib Jajou, ordinary Iraqis are suffering from poverty, whilst young people want social justice.…
Read moreAirport personnel check humanitarian aid supplies from USAID in Arbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq, on September 2, 2014.Safin Hamed / AFP via Getty ImagesByYeganeh Torbati,…
Read moreMassive protests have been taking place in Iraq since Oct. 1.Tahmina Aziz · CBC News Hundreds gathered outside of Windsor City Hall Sunday night in support of anti-government protesters in Iraq. (Tahmina Aziz/CBC)…
Read moreFor Card Sako, time is “running out”. Wisdom, a sense of responsibility and courage are needed to come out of the current critical phase. More violence over the weekend left at least nine dead and scores wounded as police shoot into the crowd. “As a Church we are monitoring the situation with great concern,” Card…
Read moreBy Ruth SaxIraqi demonstrators have been calling out to be heard by their rulers in some of the largest protests since the fall of Saddam and many churches in Iraq are crying out to God for their nation.…
Read morePosted by SDD Contributor on November 23, 2019 at 11:42 pm Seeking to quell concern about the U.S. troop withdrawal from Syria, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Saturday described the American exit as a “tactical change” in military strategy that wouldn‘t deter efforts to defeat ISIS or hurt U.S. interests in the region.…
Read morePanARMENIAN.Net – The Armenian Ambassador to Iraq, Hrachya Poladian, announced on Thursday, November 24 that Yerevan is planning to open a new consulate in the Kurdistan Region in the near future, Kurdistan 24 reports.…
Read moreBy Samuel Smith, CP Reporter | U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Tom Malinowski, left, shakes hands with Archbishop Bashar Warda during his visit to the Chaldean Church in Erbil, Iraq. | (Photo: Reuters/Azad Lashkari)…
Read moreLaurie Mylroie |Sen. Marsha Blackburn speaks at an event on Capitol Hill as fellow speakers Sen. Chris Van Hollen (left) and Sen. Mark Warner (right) listen on, Nov. 20, 2019. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)…
Read moreThe Turkish president says he understands the problems of minorities and has pledged a “contribution” to reconstruction. But his anti-Kurdish offensive has led to violence against Christians as well. In Diyarbakir, Christians complain that they are getting “no support from the State.” In Syria, Christians say “we are afraid for our children and our…
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