Turkey Outlaws Assyrian Family Names
By Syriac Press (AINA) – The 1934 Surname Law, enacted during the early years of the Republic, continues to stand as a barrier preventing non-Muslim and diverse communities in Turkey, [...]
Today’s Maundy Thursday House of Lords Debate on Syria: A Modern Day Calvary. Why those who have slaughtered Christians, Yazidis and other Minorities in an orgy of Genocide must be held to account and brought to justice. Good Friday message From The Prince of Wales
By Lord David Alton (CB)- Speech given during Maundy Thursday House of Lords Debate on Syria A modern day Calvary …. 3.09 pm My Lords, I begin by paying tribute to the noble Lord, Lord [...]
Sen. Rubio Urges Help for Displaced Middle East Christians
By Order of St. Andrew, Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate – Sen. Marco Rubio emphasized Wednesday that with the increasing persecution of Christians in the Middle East, complacency [...]
The Middle East Is Nearing an Explosion
By Robert Malley – The Atlantic Fear is the one thing preventing it—but could also precipitate it. Lebanon has long been a mirror for the broader Middle East. The region’s more powerful [...]
Book review: ‘The Persecution and Genocide of Christians in the Middle East,’ by Ronald J. Rychlak and Jane F. Adolphe
By Stephen Herreid – Acton Institute – A book about religious persecution is perhaps an unusual place to find a call for Western rejuvenation. Yet readers of The Persecution and [...]
Where Do Languages Go to Die? When Aramaic Was Middle East’s Lingua France
By John McWhorter – The Atlantic (via AINA) – The tale of Aramaic, a language that once ruled the Middle East and now faces extinction If a Middle Eastern man from 2,500 years ago [...]
Want to defeat the legacy of ISIS? Try rebuilding non-Muslim communities it has destroyed.
The Washington Post – By Alberto Fernandez – Alberto Fernandez, vice president of the Middle East Media Research Institute, served as the State Department’s coordinator for the [...]
Syriac Orthodox Patriarch Speaks on the Future of Christians in the Middle East
By Bar Daisan – AINA News – The future of Christians in the Middle East was the subject of a panel discussion at the Munich Security Conference, held on 17-19 of February. Organized [...]
Jesus didn’t “turn the other cheek”—neither should you
By R. Robert McTeigue, SJ – Aleteia – It’s time to talk about resisting evil What’s the second most misunderstood passage of Scripture? (The first: “Judge not, lest ye be judged” in [...]
U.S., Middle East Allies Explore Arab Military Coalition
By Wall Street Journal – The Trump administration is in talks with Arab allies about having them form a military alliance that would share intelligence with Israel to help counter their [...]
