Iraq Christians See ISIL Uprooting Prophet Jonah’s Remains As Dire Portent
By Miko Moreloshttp://www.ecumenicalnews.com – 16/7/14Members of Jihadist group the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) are believed to have unearthed the remains of revered biblical Prophet...
View ArticleIraq’s Southern Provinces Host Families Fleeing ISIL
By Khalid al-Taiehttp://mawtani.al-shorfa.com – 19/7/14As a result of the hardships and brutality suffered at the hands of the “Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant” (ISIL) in northern Iraq, families...
View ArticleNo Room for Assyrians in Iraq Anymore – Fleeing Residents Say
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com – 27/7/14Alive but not at peace, Iraqi Christians who have fled the advance of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Mosul are recounting their nightmares...
View ArticleIraqi Christians in Lebanon Tell of ISIL’s Brutal Rule
2-year-old Behnam Atallah sits on the floor of a small room in Jdeideh, where he lives with his parents and sisters after his family fled from ISIL in Iraq (photo: Nohad Topalian/Al-Shorfa).By Nohad...
View ArticleUS House Hearing Focuses on Christian Persecution in Iraq
September 2014(AINA) — A hearing on the plight of Christians in Iraq and Syria was convened yesterday at the U.S. House of Representatives. The hearing, titled Genocidal Attacks Against Christian and...
View ArticleWhat Would The Mideast Be Like Without Christians?
Map pic – http://facstaff.uww.edu/By Ellen Ratnerhttp://www.talkradionews.com – 19/9/14ISIS/ISIL has executed another man from the West, this time a humanitarian aid worker.(Both President Obama and...
View ArticleISIS Offensive in Bekaa Valley Turns Christian Village Into Ghost Town
Ras Baalbek.http://www.worldtribune.com – 31/1/2015NICOSIA — Islamic State of Iraq and Levant has targeted a key route to Lebanon.Officials said ISIL has recruited hundreds of fighters to control a key...
View ArticleUSCIRF Condemns Abduction of More Than 200 Assyrian Christians and Urges...
28/2/15WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) strongly condemns the abduction of more than 200 Assyrian Christians by militants of the Islamic State of Iraq...
View ArticleISIL Militants Blow Up 10 Assyrian Homes in Northern Iraq
http://www.presstv.ir – 25/3/15Members of the ISIL Takfiri militant group have blown up 10 houses belonging to Christian residents in Iraq’s beleaguered northern province of Nineveh, as they continue...
View ArticleAustralian PM Addresses Plight of Assyrians in the Middle East
www.japantimes.co.jpAssyrian Universal Alliance – June 2015Sydney — The Deputy Secretary General of the Assyrian Universal Alliance, Mr Hermiz Shahen received a letter from the office of the Prime...
View ArticleSyrian Army Liberates Two Christian Villages From the Clutches of ISIL
23/11/15 – sputniknews.com The Syrian Army has managed to regain control of the Christian villages of Mheen and Hawwarin, located in southeastern Homs province, a source in the Syrian military told RIA...
View ArticleWhite House: ISIS extermination of Christians can’t be called genocide yet
© Omar Sanadiki / Reuterswww.rt.com – 2/3/16The Obama administration says Islamic State’s persecution of Christian minorities in Iraq and Syria is not genocide. The point where it is accurate to term...
View ArticleAustralia Recognizes Crimes Committed By ISIS Against Assyrians As Genocide
Pictures attributed to the Islamic State (ISIS) show the 4th century Assyrian St. Behnam monastery being blown up.Assyrian Universal Alliance – 2/5/16In a historic and unprecedented move at the request...
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