
As the Islamic Republic of Iran’s (IRI) crackdown on Christians continues, the theocratic regime plans to turn an illegally confiscated Assyrian church into an “Islamic prayer center.”
by Adelle Nazarian5 Jan 2016, 7:50 AM PST0

While nominally working against a common enemy—the Islamic State (ISIS)—the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), a U.S.-designated terrorist group, has occupied a number of Christian Assyrian villages in Iraq. The Marxist group has also invaded a home owned by a commander of the anti-ISIS Christian militia Dwekh Nawsha.
by Frances Martel4 Dec 2015, 5:20 PM PST0

The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) released ten Assyrian Christians they kidnapped over nine months ago.
by Mary Chastain25 Nov 2015, 5:55 PM PST0

Christians in Iraq and Syria are losing their people and religion to the brutal Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL), declares the Assyrian Army’s commander-in-chief.
by Edwin Mora23 Nov 2015, 4:00 AM PST0

Hundreds of Christians have teamed up with many Muslims in the ranks of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad’s army to prevent the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) from conquering the biblical town of Sadad, according to the leader of the Syriac Orthodox church.
by Edwin Mora12 Nov 2015, 3:57 PM PST0

The Assyrian Army is in dire need of military support from the United States to protect Christian communities in Iraq and Syria against the genocide they are facing at the hands of the barbaric Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL), according to a decorated American military veteran advising the force.
by Edwin Mora10 Nov 2015, 1:22 PM PST0

The church of Saint George in Baghdad, which was closed down in 2007 after being firebombed by Islamic militants, was finally reopened Monday, but local clergy worry that there are no longer any Assyrian Christians left to worship there.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.4 Nov 2015, 6:54 PM PST0

Assyrian Christians living in Sweden have been targeted with a string of threatening messages linked to the Islamic State, including demands that they “convert or die.”
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.14 Oct 2015, 12:19 PM PST0

An American-backed Syrian Kurdish militia has joined forces with some Arab rebels and members of an Assyrian Christian group to launch an assault against the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) in Raqqa, the jihadist group’s de-facto capital in Syria, according to a statement obtained by Reuters.
by Edwin Mora13 Oct 2015, 10:47 PM PST0

The Islamic State has released a videotaped execution of three Assyrian Christian hostages, captured during a February offensive in Syria. The lives of hundreds more Christian captives remain in the balance, a point the savages emphasized by making three of them beg for ransom payments on camera.
by John Hayward8 Oct 2015, 9:31 PM PST0

Kurdish leader Saleh Muslim argued this week that the overthrow of Bashar Assad’s brutal regime in Syria would be a disaster for the entire world.
by John Hayward25 Sep 2015, 9:33 PM PST0

Small Christian militias continue to fight for Iraq–men determined to stop the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) from destroying their homeland and heritage. The Assyrian fighters are one of many groups profiled in the past year who are willing to stand up to the radical Islamic group.
by Mary Chastain9 Sep 2015, 12:42 PM PST0

One of Syria’s most senior Catholics has issued an impassioned plea to young Syrians, begging them to stay. Describing the exodus of Syria’s young as a “tsunami”, Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarch Gregorios III warned that the scale of youth immigration
by Donna Rachel Edmunds3 Sep 2015, 9:37 AM PST0

A Canadian Jewish businessman has spearheaded efforts to rescue Iraqi Yazidi and Christian girls from slavery after the girls were captured by ISIS troops, using money donated privately by business contacts. The businessman has cited Oskar Schindler, who rescued Jewish
by Donna Rachel Edmunds8 Aug 2015, 7:00 AM PST0

A group of Christian asylum seekers in Sweden were subjected to bullying tactics by Muslim neighbours for wearing the symbol of the cross. The group consisted of two Christian families who lived in an asylum house of approximately 80 individuals
by Oliver Lane21 Jul 2015, 8:08 AM PST0

Iraq’s Assyrian Christian population is seeking to reclaim territory they have lost to the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL/IS) since they overtook the region last summer and to create an autonomous region for themselves–in a free Kurdistan.
by Adelle Nazarian15 Jul 2015, 7:23 AM PST0

On April 24, 1915 the Ottoman Turkish leaders ordered the arrest of hundreds of notable Armenians in Istanbul and launched the systematic annihilation of Armenian as well as Assyrian Christians within the empire’s borders and throughout the Middle East. This day would become known as “Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day,” and a century later is the center of a persistent geopolitical controversy.
by Jarrett Stepman24 Apr 2015, 12:38 PM PST0

The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) charged into eleven of the 35 Christian communities along the Khabur River in Syria in February targeting Tel Tamer, which at the time was protected by Christian fighters and locals determined to defeat the terrorist group. This week, the Islamic State took another shot at conquering it.
by Mary Chastain16 Apr 2015, 1:06 PM PST0

Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL/IS) terrorists are now demanding $100,000 per head to free each of the 250-300 Assyrian hostages they presently have in custody, according to an officer within the Assyrian leadership.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.10 Apr 2015, 12:16 PM PST0

As Assyrian Christians were celebrating Easter Sunday, militants from the Islamic State blew up the 80-year-old church of the Virgin Mary in Tal Nasri village in the western countryside of Hasaka province, in northeastern Syria.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.6 Apr 2015, 9:16 AM PST0

Islamic State (ISIS) militias have uploaded a video showing the conversion to Islam of one of the Assyrian Christian hostages captured during the offensive carried out in the Khabour river valley last February. The video has provoked accusations of forced conversion under torture and the shameless exploitation of prisoners for propaganda.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.25 Mar 2015, 5:44 AM PST0

The 52 Assyrian Christian families who were among hundreds of hostages captured by the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) have not been released as reported, according to the Assyrian International News Agency (AINA).
by Edwin Mora12 Mar 2015, 6:37 AM PST0

Why did ISIS release 19 Assyrian Christian hostages?; Iran aids Iraq’s army in attack to recapture Tikrit from ISIS
by John J. Xenakis3 Mar 2015, 4:00 AM PST0

Middle Eastern Christians who have suffered persecution at the hands of ISIS in recent months have decided not to turn the other cheek. Instead, they have formed a militia regiment and are currently engaged in fighting the Islamists across a
by Donna Rachel Edmunds1 Mar 2015, 8:26 AM PST0

In their latest terror campaign, ISIS militants in Syria have rounded up 220 Christian civilians in the past three days, according to reports Thursday from the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.26 Feb 2015, 5:57 AM PST0