Tag: ISIL
Australia 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 - 2/5/16 In a historic and ... Read More
White House: ISIS extermination of Christians can’t be called genocide yet
© Omar Sanadiki / Reuters www.rt.com - 2/3/16 The Obama administration says Islamic State’s persecution of Christian minorities in Iraq and Syria is not genocide. The ... Read More
Syrian 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 ... Read More
Australian PM Addresses Plight of Assyrians in the Middle East
www.japantimes.co.jp Assyrian Universal Alliance - June 2015 Sydney -- The Deputy Secretary General of the Assyrian Universal Alliance, Mr Hermiz Shahen received a letter from the ... Read More
ISIL Militants Blow Up 10 Assyrian Homes in Northern Iraq
http://www.presstv.ir - 25/3/15 Members of the ISIL Takfiri militant group have blown up 10 houses belonging to Christian residents in Iraq's beleaguered northern province of Nineveh, ... Read More
USCIRF Condemns Abduction of More Than 200 Assyrian Christians and Urges Their Immediate Release
28/2/15 WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) strongly condemns the abduction of more than 200 Assyrian Christians by militants of ... Read More
ISIS Offensive in Bekaa Valley Turns Christian Village Into Ghost Town
Ras Baalbek. http://www.worldtribune.com - 31/1/2015 NICOSIA -- Islamic State of Iraq and Levant has targeted a key route to Lebanon. Officials said ISIL has recruited hundreds ... Read More
What Would The Mideast Be Like Without Christians?
Map pic - http://facstaff.uww.edu/ By Ellen Ratner http://www.talkradionews.com - 19/9/14 ISIS/ISIL has executed another man from the West, this time a humanitarian aid worker. (Both President ... Read More
US 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 ... Read More
Iraqi 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 ... Read More
No Room for Assyrians in Iraq Anymore – Fleeing Residents Say
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com - 27/7/14 Alive but not at peace, Iraqi Christians who have fled the advance of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in ... Read More
Iraq’s Southern Provinces Host Families Fleeing ISIL
By Khalid al-Taie http://mawtani.al-shorfa.com - 19/7/14 As a result of the hardships and brutality suffered at the hands of the "Islamic State of Iraq and the ... Read More
Iraq Christians See ISIL Uprooting Prophet Jonah’s Remains As Dire Portent
By Miko Morelos http://www.ecumenicalnews.com - 16/7/14 Members of Jihadist group the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) are believed to have unearthed the remains ... Read More
2000 Years of Christian History in Iraq May End – Chaldean Church
http://www.iraqinews.com - 11/7/14 The Chaldean Church in Iraq warned of a possible "end of Christian history" in Iraq, which is due to more than 2,000 years, ... Read More
Two Bishops Kidnapped in Syria Held Captive by ISIL, in ‘Good Health’
10/6/14 Two Orthodox bishops kidnapped in Syria in April 2013 are currently in the northern city of Raqqa and held captive by the Islamic State ... Read More
ISIL Crucifies a Young Man in Raqqa, Syria
24/3/14 - http://www.mesop.de Raqqa, Syria -- Members of the al-Qaeda splinter group of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) executed on Saturday a ... Read More
Christians Under Threat in Syria: US State Department
By Jen Psak U.S. Department of State - 4/3/14 The United States deplores continued threats against Christians and other minorities in Syria, who are increasingly targeted ... Read More
Syrian Girls Forced to Marry Muslim Militants
english.farsnews.com - 25/2/15 TEHRAN -- Radical militants in Syria's Raqqa and Aleppo have been forcing Syrian girls to marry them, by pressuring the families, a new ... Read More
Armenian Slaughtered for Refusing to Renounce Christ
Raymond Ibrahim - 11/1/14 Following the other day’s news that two Armenian families in Syria had been compelled to convert to Islam at the hands ... Read More