Tag: Baghdad
Christians in Iraq celebrate Christmas in Kurdistan
Hermione Gee - 26/12/12 Iraq’s Kurdistan Region is home to one of the world's oldest Christian communities. In the last decade it has also welcomed ... Read More
Iraq’s Armenian Primate Visits US
By Florence Avakian Special to the Mirror-Spectator 12/9/2012 NEW YORK — He takes care of his flock in one of the most dangerous countries in ... Read More
Series of attacks in Iraq, dozens of dead. Church of St Mathew in Baghdad targeted
21/3/2012 Asia News A bomb exploded near the Syrian-Orthodox church in the capital, killing two guards and wounding five others. Across the country there were ... Read More
Syria: Christians Caught Between Two Fires, See Iran’s Hand
10/2/2012 MISNA “Of course Syrian Christians are afraid. They have much to lose and they know it, Even if this absurd conflict that pits brothers ... Read More
Iraq confirms death sentences for church attack
By AFP BAGHDAD 2/2/2012 An Iraqi appeals court confirmed the death sentences for three men convicted in connection with a massacre at a Baghdad church ... Read More
10000 ARMENIAN CHRISTIANS HAVE LEFT IRAQ SINCE 2003
10/1/2012 (AGI) Baghdad - At least 10 thousand Armenian Christians have fled Iraq after the 2003 US-led invasion, said Father Shahinian, head of the Orthodox ... Read More
The Halloween Horror: One Year Since Baghdad Cathedral Attack
2/11/2011 The Anniversary: I scanned the congregation from my seat at the altar of the little church in Paris, Notre Dame de Chaldée. Their faces ... Read More
Fears of ‘unchecked Islamic persecution’ in Iraq
31/10/2011 A year after the massacre at the Syrian Catholic cathedral in Baghdad left 58 dead, an Assyrian news agency is expressing concern about the ... Read More
Christian churches attacked or bombed in Iraq since June 2004
26/10/2011 This list compiled from sources provided by the Assyrian International News Agency and news sources that document the violence against Christians in Iraq. Seventy ... Read More
Blast Near Church in Kirkuk, Iraq Injures 13
3/8/2011 Christian leaders say senseless violence designed to confuse, shock. ISTANBUL, August 3 (CDN) — A car blast outside a Syrian Catholic church in Kirkuk, ... Read More
IOCC: Combating the ‘Silent Killers’ Among Syria’s Iraqi Refugees
ALEPPO, SYRIA -- On a rainy evening in this ancient city famed for its pistachios and historic mosques and churches, 120 Iraqi refugees gather in ... Read More