Tag: ISIS
100 French MPs Demonstrate in Support of Assyrians in Mosul
24/7/14 Paris (AINA) -- One hundred members of the French Parliament demonstrated in front of the parliament building today in support of the Assyrians of ... Read More
ISIS, Kurds Clash Near Assyrian Town: 2000 Assyrian Families Driven From Mosul
23/7/14 (AINA) -- ISIS and Kurdish forces clashed yesterday at about 10 PM on the outskirts of Tel Kepe, an Assyrian town 13 miles north ... Read More
In Lebanon a Mark of Solidarity With Mosul Christians
Daily Star, Lebanon - 22/7/14 BEIRUT -- The exodus of Christians from the jihadist-controlled city of Mosul has stirred controversy in Christian and Muslim communities alike ... Read More
ISIS Making Good on Promise to Kill Christians
By Jennifer Jensen http://www.10news.com - 22/7/14 SAN DIEGO -- The radical Islamic group ISIS is making good on its threats to kill Iraqi Christians who refuse ... Read More
A Desperate Cry From Iraq’s Christians
By Katie Gorka http://www.breitbart.com - 21/7/14 Iraq's Christian leaders have just made a desperate cry for help. Patriarch Louis Raphael I Sako, head of Iraq's Catholic ... Read More
Christian Holocaust Underway in Iraq, USA and World Look on
By Sebastian Gorka http://www.breitbart.com - 21/7/14 When U.S. troops invaded Iraq in 2003, there were at least 1.5 million Christians in Iraq. Over the last ten ... Read More
ISIS Plundered Assyrians As They Fled Mosul; Families March 42 Miles
21/7/14 (AINA) -- More than 200 Assyrian families fled in panic from Mosul on July 17 and 18 as the ISIS deadline for converting to ... Read More
ISIS in Mosul Marks Christian Homes, Patriarch Issues Urgent Appeal
The Arabic letter "n" (inside red circle), signifying "Nasarah" (Christian), on a Christian home in Mosul. The Arabic letter "n" (inside red circle), signifying "Nasarah" ... Read More
ISIS Removes Cross From Church in Mosul
15/7/14 Mosul (AINA) -- ISIS removed the cross on top of the dome of St. Ephrem Cathedral in the Shoorta neighborhood in Mosul, one week ... Read More
What Future Do Christians Have in the Middle East?
By Michael Glackin http://www.indcatholicnews.com - 12/7/14 I met Saad on a sweltering hot day, 90 degrees in September no less, just as we were both leaving ... Read More
ISIS militants smash Tombs of Prophets Jonah & Shayth: Attack Churches, Monasteries and Mosques
RTV - 10/7/14 ISIS militants in Iraq have been filmed ruthlessly smashing centuries-old graves to pieces in the city of Mosul. The shocking video footage ... Read More
A Bishop’s Perspective: The Cry of Christians in Iraq
Mar Louis Raphael Sako By Bishop Edward J. Burns http://juneauempire.com July 2014 This past June 15 was the first time in at least 1,600 years ... Read More
Water Shortage Crisis in Assyrian Towns in North Iraq
July 2014 (AINA) -- The water purification plants in Mosul supply water for the city and surrounding areas. After taking control of Mosul on June ... Read More
Iraq: Churches Bombed, Nuns and Children Kidnapped
http://www.fides.org - 4/7/14 The Chaldean Archbishop of Mosul, Amel Shamon Nona, has described the desperate situation in Mosul since it was captured on 9 June by ... Read More
Christians Find Refuge, Aid in Biblical Iraqi Town
By Gary Lane http://www.cbn.com - 2/7/14 ALQOSH, Iraq -- The advance of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has left few safe havens for ... Read More
5 Assyrians, Including Two Nuns, Missing in Mosul
1/7/14 Mosul, Iraq (AINA) -- The Assyrian television channel Ishtar TV is reporting that 5 Assyrians have gone missing in Mosul. Two Chaldean nuns from ... Read More
Church Bells Fall Silent in Mosul
By Andrew Doran, Drew Bowling http://www.thedailybeast.com - 30/6/14 Last Sunday, for the first time in 1600 years, no mass (Divine Liturgy) was celebrated in Mosul. The ... Read More
50,000 Assyrians Flee Fighting in North Iraq
27/6/14 (AINA) -- Nearly all of the population of Qaraqosh, 50,000 Assyrians, has fled the city amid fighting between ISIS and Kurds. Syrian Catholic Archbishop ... Read More
Iraq’s Christian Minority Feels Militant Threat
Iraqi Christian families who have fled from Mosul and other nearby towns ahead of advances by Sunni militants gather at a social club in a ... Read More
Mosul’s Christians Say Goodbye
By Christian Caryl http://www.foreignpolicy.com 24/6/14 I've been reading the headlines from northern Iraq over the past two weeks with an intensifying sense of dread. It's ... Read More
Assyrians in U.S. Rally for Assyrians in Iraq
23/6/14 (AINA) -- Assyrians in the United States held demonstrations in three cities on Friday in support of Assyrians in Mosul, Iraq, and other areas ... Read More