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Jihadists Seize Iraq Monastery

Jihadists Seize Iraq Monastery

Jihadist militants have taken over a monastery in northern Iraq, one of the country’s best-known Christian landmarks, and expelled its resident monks, a cleric and residents said Monday. Islamic State (IS) fighters stormed Mar (Saint) Behnam, a 4th century monastery

After 2,000 Years, the Last Christian is Forced to Leave Mosul

After 2,000 Years, the Last Christian is Forced to Leave Mosul

ERBIL, Iraq – The last Christian reportedly left Iraq’s second largest city of Mosul at 12:00pm on Saturday, ending over 6,000 years of Assyrian history in the city. Assyrians have lived in Mosul for over 6,000 years, converting to Christianity over 2,000 years

A Desperate Cry from Iraq's Christians

A Desperate Cry from Iraq's Christians

Iraq’s Christian leaders have just made a desperate cry for help. Patriarch Louis Raphael I Sako, head of Iraq’s Catholic church, has issued an appeal “to all who have a living conscience in Iraq and all the world.” The situation

Palestine Occupied by Islamism as Much as Israel

Palestine Occupied by Islamism as Much as Israel

While Gazans, their Hamas leadership and pro-Palestinian supporters around the world condemn Israel’s Operation Protective Edge, now turning into a ground invasion, its time Muslims examined the Other Occupation: the inexorable advance of political Islamism over Islam. Increasingly, Islam has been usurped by

ISIS to Iraqi Christians in Mosul: Convert or Die

ISIS to Iraqi Christians in Mosul: Convert or Die

BAGHDAD, July 18 (UPI) — The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria distributed leaflets to Christian leaders in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul this week, threatening violence if they don’t convert. Christians who do not accept Islam or fail

Shia Militias in Baghdad Prepares to Take on ISIS

Shia Militias in Baghdad Prepares to Take on ISIS

Via the Daily Beast:  A commander of Moqtada al Sadr’s newly renamed “Peace Brigades” describes plans to reunify Iraq–with a little help from Iran. Will they fight ISIS as hard as they fought the U.S. Army? SADR CITY, Iraq —

Kurdish Forces: ISIS Using Chemical Weapons

Kurdish Forces: ISIS Using Chemical Weapons

Kurdish news outlets are reporting incidents in which ISIS is believed to have used chemical weapons against Kurdish soldiers. The Kurdish Peshmerga forces have been indispensable in containing the spread of ISIS, organizing in unprecedented numbers to fight ISIS where

Report: ISIS Starving Out Christians in Mosul

Report: ISIS Starving Out Christians in Mosul

Just one week ago, reports began to surface that residents of Mosul, Iraq – a town captured by the terrorist jihadi group Islamic State (formerly Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham, or ISIS) – had returned to normal life and were even