The Iraqi Christians who are struggling to survive amid wreckage left by IsisNovember 8, 2016 — ICC Note: The Syriac Catholic Bishop of Baghdad Yusuf Abba taught cooperation and goodwill for all at the first service celebrated in Qaraqosh in over two years. While Christians hope...
28 hours: Leading the Mosul attack, under fire, then trappedNovember 7, 2016 — ICC Note: An incredible first hand account of the operation to liberate Mosul from ISIS. CNN correspondent, Arwa Damon, recalls the 28 hours she and a team of Iraqi security...
ISIS pamphlets detail shocking teachings on treatment of sex slavesNovember 4, 2016 — ICC Note: Pamphlets found in liberated villages in Northern Iraq detail outlines on how ISIS militants are to treat female sex slaves. The colorful handbooks apparently exist to help jihadists...
ISIS Hiding Bombs in Teddy Bears to Kill Children Returning Home to MosulNovember 3, 2016 — ICC Note: According to Peshmerga forces, ISIS is hiding bombs in children’s toys in liberated cities. The new draconian tactic is aimed at civilians returning to their homes. Coalition forces are seeing more and...
Post-ISIS, Middle East Christians fear other caliphates to comeOctober 31, 2016 — ICC Note: What will happen when ISIS is defeated in Iraq? Many Iraqi Christians fear the worse. While the plains of Nineveh are historically Christian homelands, the leaders of Iraq...
ISIS’ New Propaganda Video Shows Killings of Christians, Crucifixions, Cubs of the Caliphate Executing CaptivesOctober 31, 2016 — ICC Note: As the Islamic State is engaged in a losing battle against the coalition forces in Iraq, it has released a new graphic video propagating their enduring caliphate and...
Mosul Today: UN says IS using thousands as human shieldsOctober 29, 2016 — ICC Note: As the operation to liberate mosul is in its second week, ground forces are seeing the terrorizing battle tactics of the militants. The UN is reporting that ISIS...
Christians Martyred by ISIS: 1,131October 28, 2016 — ICC Note: A report submitted by Knights of Columbus and In Defense of Christians outlines the specifics of the Islamic State genocide against Christians and other minorities in Iraq and...
Cathedral Lit Red In Solidarity With Persecuted ChristiansOctober 27, 2016 — ICC Note: The Brentwood Cathedral along with the Westminster Cathedral and Westminster Abbey will now be floodlit in red this November to bring awareness to the persecution of Christians in...
Displaced Iraqi Christians Fearful of Returning Home Even After ISIS Is Defeated, Says Christian Aid WorkerOctober 26, 2016 — ICC Note: It has been over two years since Christians fled Mosul and surrounding regions due to the invasion of the Islamic State. Now with the coalition offensive working to...
Bishops Abducted in Syria in 2013 Alive, Currently in RaqqaOctober 26, 2016 — ICC Note: In 2013 two Syrian bishops were abducted near the northern city of Aleppo, in December of 2015 reports of their execution emerged. Now, according to Mother Agnes Mariam...
ISIS Burns 6 Men Alive in Bakery, Uses Dough Mixer to Kill 250 ChildrenOctober 25, 2016 — ICC Note: A new and horrifying interview has emerged from Syria of ISIS operations in the Damascus suburb of Adra al-Ummaliya. Christian mother, Alice Assaf, speaking with human rights group...
Libya: Torture, Starvation, Deprivation – Life Inside IS Prisons in LibyaOctober 25, 2016 — ICC Note: Uncovered ISIS secret prisons in Libya have recently been uncovered in the fighting to oust the terrorist group from the region. Testimonies from former prisoners and the empty...
Near Mosul, church bells ring out in a Christian town freed from terrorOctober 24, 2016 — ICC Note: Bartella, an ancient Christian town in Iraq, was reclaimed from ISIS on Saturday, Oct. 22. The question now remains, will Christians return to their homes? Bells rang out...
Mosul battle: IS ‘may use civilians as human shields’October 21, 2016 — ICC Note: As a coalition of forces began its advance on Mosul on Monday, UN human rights office says that ISIS forced 200 families from a neighboring town into the...
743 Christian Refugees, Converts Attacked by Muslims in German Camps, Persecution Report FindsOctober 20, 2016 — ICC Note:According to watchdog group, Open Doors, has reported at least 743 cases in which Christian refugees living in German camps have been victim to religiously motivated attacks. The situation...
