Genocide and Persecution: What’s Next for Iraq’s Christians?
By Matt Hadro – Catholic.org (via AINA) – “Together, we will advocate for the Christian, Yazidi, and other communities in Northern Iraq that they may return to their homes on the [...]
My Boy,3, was Brainwashed to Kill for ISIS
The Sunday Times – By the time he was 11, Ahmed could use an AK-47, move like a soldier in battle and — most importantly — build a suicide vest that could make him a martyr. In the Isis [...]
Blame Erdogan for the Istanbul Airport Attack
By Leela Jacinto – Foreign Policy – The chickens are coming home to roost. Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim has publicly voiced what many of us thought — and tweeted — shortly after [...]
Syriac Patriarch Survives Suicide Attack
By World Watch Monitor – As Christians were celebrating Pentecost in Qamishli, Syria, a suicide bomber disguised as a priest struck, killing three Assyrians and wounding five others. The [...]
Islamic State committed genocide, says US
BBC News – The US says the Islamic State (IS) group has committed genocide against Yazidis, Christians and Shia Muslims. US Secretary of State John Kerry said IS was “genocidal by [...]
Kerry: Islamic State committing genocide against religious minorities
By John Bacon- USA Today – The Islamic State is committing genocide against Christians and other religious minorities in Syria and Iraq, Secretary of State John Kerry said Thursday in an [...]
Syriac-Assyrian Christians in Syria Warn NATO Against Turkish Intervention in Syria
By the European Syriac Union – We, Syriac-Assyrian Christians in Syria have been one of the peoples suffering most under the violence of ISIS. All the world knows that ISIS aims to kill us. [...]
