Tag: Islamic State
Assyrians Demonstrate Worldwide Against ISIS Persecution
3/8/14 (AINA) -- Thousands of Assyrians held demonstration in major world cities today to support the Assyrians Christians of Mosul, who have been completely driven ... Read More
Iraqi Christians Brave Heat to Demand Help From United Nations
By Simon Caldwell http://www.catholictranscript.org - 29/7/14 Iraqi Christian refugees braved temperatures as high as 122 degrees Fahrenheit to demand that the United Nations intervene to protect ... Read More
Last Christians Expelled From Mosul, is All of the Middle East Next?
This symbol is the letter "N" in Arabic, and ISIS painted it on Christian homes in Mosul to identify the homes as "Nazarene" (Christian). ... 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
Christians Say Terror Drove Them From Mosul
By Abdul Hamid Zebari Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 24/7/14 Rawan Jinan, a 25-year-old Iraqi Christian, says when she received an order on June 18 to ... Read More
Coptic Solidarity Urges Immediate International Action on Iraqi Genocide
http://www.digitaljournal.com - 22/7/14 WASHINGTON -- Coptic Solidarity is gravely concerned for the future of indigenous religious minorities in the Middle East as the Islamic State continues ... 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
Christians Flee Iraq’s Mosul After Islamists Tell Them: Convert, Pay or Die
19/7/14 (AFP) -- Christians were fleeing Iraq's jihadist-held city of Mosul en masse on Friday after mosques relayed an ultimatum giving them a few hours ... 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
A list of prominent people missing in Syria
15/3/14 BEIRUT — With the release of 13 Greek Orthodox nuns held hostage by the al-Qaida-linked Nusra Front in Syria for over three months, here’s ... Read More