Monthly Archives: June 2020

by Uzay Bulut“On June 20, they even bombed the safe spot where the other villagers could go.” — Athra Kado, Assyrian rights advocate in Alqosh, Iraq, to Gatestone.“We have been informed by the Turkish forces that ‘we’ll bomb whenever we want to’……

MLK-Ashuroyo  Orthodox AssyrianANKAWA, Iraq – A small ceremony this week marked the start of construction of the new Syriac school called “Meltho” in Ankawa, Erbil. The building of the school is under supervision of the Syriac Orthodox Church and supported by the Hungarian government…

Niraj Warikoo Detroit Free PressBas and Tanya Robin at their Superior Buick Cadillac GMC dealership in Dearborn Friday, June 26, 2020.Kirthmon F. Dozier, Detroit Free Press…

Turkish airstrikes and ground troops are threatening areas in northern Iraq populated by Christians, Yazidis and Kurds trying to recover following 2014 attacks by Daesh militants.Initially, airstrikes shook Mount Sinjar, an area that is home to the Yazidi minority and where the militants carried out a genocide against the Yazidi community.…

ANKAWA, Iraq – A small ceremony this week marked the start of construction of the new Syriac school called “Meltho” in Ankawa, Erbil. The building of the school is under supervision of the Syriac Orthodox Church and supported by the Hungarian government. Syriac Orthodox bishop of Mosul Daoud Sharaf and the Hungarian official…

Syria (International Christian Concern) – On Monday, the terrorist group HTS (Hayat Tahrir al-Sham) detained one of its own former commanders for defecting. HTS raided the house of defector Jamal Zeina, better known as Abu Malek al-Tali, in Syria’s Idlib.…

The establishment of a migrant shelter centre has been completed in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, under agreements signed between Qatar Charity (QC) and the United Nations International Organisation for Migration (IOM) in 2020 and last year, while other urgent-response projects are under implementation in Iraq, Yemen and…

 Iran (International Christian Concern) – Three out of four Iranian Christians who were awaiting appeal outcomes have finally received verdicts. Pastor Yousef Nadarkhani and Deacon Saheb Fadaie were both given six-year sentences and Mohammadreza Omidi received a two-year sentence. All of these were reduced from…

The airstrikes now target areas where there has been coexistence between Christians and Kurds, raining down bombs where children play in their parents’ yards.By SETH J. FRANTZMAN  Turkish F-16 fighter jet(photo credit: REUTERS)…

By Claire Evans06/22/2020 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Once again, the crops of Iraqi Christian farmers have burned. Charred earth spreads seemingly forever near Karmalesh, a small Christian village devastated by ISIS’s genocide. Some locals had…

06/22/2020 Iraq (International Christian Concern) – Over the weekend, the Turkish Air Force continued bombing NW Iraq, reportedly displacing many and killing up to five civilians. Turkey claims that some members of the Kurdish Workers’ Party (PKK) are based in this area and that they were the target. However, several of the impacted…

Asharq Al-Awsat releases excerpts from the former Lebanese president’s memoirsAmin Gemayel (R) seen at the Baabda presidential palace after Michel Aoun was named head of a military government. (Getty Images)London – Asharq Al-Awsat…

The young pastor wasn’t sure his congregation would like what he had to say and had no idea where it would lead all of them. He found himself at a crossroads of God, Alabama and Donald Trump.…

Source: Al-Arabiya TV (Dubai/Saudi Arabia)Former Saudi Minister of Justice Sheikh Muhammad Issa, who currently serves as the Secretary-General of the Muslim World League, said in a June 17, 2020 interview on Al-Arabiya Network (Saudi Arabia) that some people misunderstand the Quranic verse that…

Turkey and Iran are conducting operations against Kurdish groups in the country.A resident walks past a crater caused by a Turkish airstrike against the Kurdistan Workers Party in Sigire on the outskirts of Duhok province, Iraq, Aug. 16, 2015.  Photo by REUTERS/Ari Jalal.Al-Monitor Staff…

by Jonathan LuxmooreAn aerial view of deserted streets around Hagia Sophia, in Istanbul, during a two-day curfew, on 11 AprilEASTERN ORTHODOX leaders have urged the Turkish government to abandon plans…

By Staff Reports -Richard L. Welty, 84, of Needham who “Was born to be a Farmer” passed away Friday, June 12, 2020, at Greenwood Village South. Richard was born in Morgan County in Hall, IN to Delmas and Evelyn (York) Welty on November 2, 1935.…

Residents are evacuated from the facility dedicated to the Virgin Mary because of possible coronavirus infections. The site has been sanitised. Iraq has reported more than 21,000 cases with 650 deaths. For the Auxiliary Bishop of Baghdad, things are getting worse because of the “invisible enemy” who “knows no mercy” and affects “all ages”.…

In a letter, the cardinal calls on the faithful to seize the opportunity despite the tragic period. The coronavirus has changed the way people meet, whilst strengthening relations. We need “a new language” from the clergy to answer people’s questions. Many religious and lay people and “different charisms” stand as examples.Baghdad…

Dani Ellis from London is based in northeastern Syria as a volunteer and electrical engineer (Picture: Dani Ellis) ‘Men, particularly young men, are much more respectful here and in one year I’ve had less catcalling and harassment in the street than I’d get in one week in the UK,’ Dani Ellis tells us from her…