Two Decades of Persecution Leaves Iraqi Christians with an Uncertain FutureMarch 21, 2023 — 03/21/2023 Iraq (International Christian Concern) – This week marks the 20th anniversary of the launching of the U.S.-led coalition’s invasion of Iraq and the subsequent toppling of Iraqi dictator Saddam...
USCIRF Finds that Iraqi Christians are Still Largely DisplacedJanuary 12, 2023 — 01/12/2023 Iraq (International Christian Concern) – The USCIRF released an annual report for detailing their key findings for religious persecution issues in Iraq. The report notes positive steps, such as...
Iraqi Displaced Find Alternative Refugee CampDecember 28, 2022 — 12/27/2022 Iraq (International Christian Concern) – The Refugee Camp of the Virgin Mary in Baghdad recently evicted 120 Christian families. Thankfully a solution was found that included opening a new...
ISIS Activity Spikes in IraqDecember 21, 2022 — 12/21/2022 Iraq (International Christian Concern) – Over the past three days 17 Iraqi people have been killed by ISIS fighters. Eight were killed in Diyala Province after villagers approached ISIS...
UN Finds More Evidence of Crimes Against Humanity from the Islamic StateDecember 7, 2022 — 12/07/2022 Iraq (International Christian Concern) – A UN investigative team sent out a report recently that provided more evidence of crimes against humanity from the Islamic State in Iraq. These...
Worsening Conditions for Christians in the Middle EastNovember 30, 2022 — 11/30/2022 country (International Christian Concern) – According to a report released by Aid to the Church in Need, many countries that have experienced persecution in the Middle East have worsened...
Turkey Sends Airstrikes to Northern Syria and IraqNovember 21, 2022 — 11/21/2022 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – Turkey conducted military operations starting on Saturday the 19th in northern Syria and Iraq, mainly through airstrikes. This is in response to an explosion in...
Archbishop Warns About the Extinction of Christians in IraqNovember 11, 2022 — 11/11/2022 Iraq (International Christian Concern) – Iraqi Archbishop Bashar Warda of Erbil warned hundreds of religious leaders in Indonesia Bali, while at the G20 Religion forum, of the impending extinction...
Hundreds of Christian IDPs May Lose their Refuge in BaghdadNovember 4, 2022 — 11/04/2022 Iraq (International Christian Concern) – In 2014, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) invaded Mosul and the cities of the Nineveh Governorate, the most religiously diverse part...
Why International Religious Freedom Is Important to the Work of USAIDMay 5, 2021 — By Arielle Del Turco In his first few months in office, President Biden’s administration has either canceled or put on hold some of the religious freedom programs conducted by the...
No Justice for Turkish Christian Family 1 Year LaterMarch 20, 2021 — 03/20/2021 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – Today marks the one-year anniversary since the body of Simoni Diril, an elderly Christian woman living in Mehr, was found. Father Ramzi, a Chaldean Catholic...
One Year Since Baghdadi’s DeathOctober 26, 2020 — 10/26/2020 Syria (International Christian Concern) – Today marks the one-year anniversary of a US military raid which left Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the self-declared Caliph and mastermind of ISIS, dead. A...
PMF Issues Veiled Displacement ThreatOctober 7, 2020 — 10/07/2020 Iraq (International Christian Concern) – Following last Wednesday’s incident where six rockets were launched from the border of Bartella towards Erbil, the 30th Brigade of the Popular Mobilization Forces...
“Recharging” a Persecuted FamilyDecember 16, 2019 — [vc_custom_heading text="How a cellphone business helped to ``recharge`` a family after being attacked by Fulani militants." use_theme_fonts="yes"][vc_single_image image="111468" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center"] 12/16/2019 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Armed attackers surrounded...
Possible Resettlement of 450 Muslim Families in Nineveh PlainsAugust 4, 2018 — ICC Note: The Nineveh Provincial Council has blocked a federal transfer of 450 Sunni Arab families to the areas south and east of Mosul. The Council claims that this transfer...
Iraq’s Christians Concerned Over Illegal Property AppropriationJuly 5, 2018 — ICC Note: Members of Christian political parties are requesting that Iraq’s new parliament set up a commission of inquiry tasked with investigating illegal property appropriation. The forced seizure of Christian...
