US Sanctions Senior North Korean Officials Over Human Rights AbusesDecember 11, 2018 — 12/11/2018 North Korea (International Christian Concern) – Despite a thaw in relations between the U.S. and North Korea, on December 10, as the world celebrated Human Rights Day, Washington announced sanctions...
Lebanese Authorities Thwart Potential Attack Against ChristiansDecember 11, 2018 — 12/11/2018 Lebanon (International Christian Concern) – According to the Independent, Lebanese authorities have concluded a 10-month security operation against a group of ISIS militants who were planning attacks against military targets and...
Imprisoned Vietnamese Pastor Punished for Not Pleading GuiltyDecember 10, 2018 — 12/10/2018 Vietnam (International Christian Concern) – Pastor Nguyen Trung Ton who has been sentenced for 12-year in prison, accused of plotting to overthrow the government and charged under Article 79 of...
1,500 Landmines Cleared from Three ChurchesDecember 10, 2018 — 12/10/2018 Palestine (International Christian Concern) – According to the Times of Israel, 1,500 landmines were cleared from 3 of 7 church compounds at Qasr al-Yahud, believed to be the location of Jesus’...
Forced Military Conscription Causes Alarm in SyriaDecember 9, 2018 — 12/09/2018 Syria (International Christian Concern) – Alarm is circulating in Syria regarding 350,000 names reportedly distributed to fixed and temporary military checkpoints. These names are Syrians who are being forcibly conscripted into...
Probe of ISIS Crimes to Begin Next YearDecember 8, 2018 — 12/08/2018 Iraq (International Christian Concern) – The United Nations has finally announced that their team sent to investigate the genocidal crimes of ISIS against religious minorities is scheduled to being their probe...
Egyptian Committee Legalizes New Round of ChurchesDecember 7, 2018 — 12/07/2018 Egypt (International Christian Concern) – An Egyptian committee tasked with reviewing applications from churches seeking official recognition approved 168 applications on November 30th. Of these applications, 151 were churches and the...
Turkish Shelling in Iraq Closes Christian SchoolDecember 6, 2018 — 12/06/2018 Iraq (International Christian Concern) – Kurdistan24 News reports that a Christian village in Iraq’s far north has had to halt all school activities because of Turkish airstrikes in the area. The...
Iranian Christian Prisoner Denied Right to See Dying MotherDecember 5, 2018 — 12/05/2018 Iran (International Christian Concern) – Ebrahim Firouzi is an Iranian Christian convert who has been detained in prison since 2013. His mother, Kobra Kamrani, passed away from cancer this week and...
Group of Christians Arrested in IranDecember 4, 2018 — 12/04/2018 Iran (International Christian Concern) – Mehr News Agency, which is a semi-official mouthpiece of the Iranian Regime, announced in an exclusive report on Saturday that a group of evangelical Christians have...
First Coptic Mass Held in Saudi ArabiaDecember 3, 2018 — 12/03/2018 Saudi Arabia (International Christian Concern) – Multiple news outlets report that Saudi Arabia hosted its first Coptic Orthodox mass this past Sunday. The mass was held inside a home in Riyadh...
120 Christian Sites Destroyed in MosulDecember 2, 2018 — 12/02/2018 Iraq (International Christian Concern) – Rudaw reports that thousands of Christian homes as well as 120 churches and Christian shrines have been destroyed by ISIS in Mosul alone. It...
Saudi Arabia’s Textbooks Encourage Violence Against ChristiansDecember 1, 2018 — 12/01/2018 Saudi Arabia (International Christian Concern) – The New York Daily News reports that Saudi Arabia has failed to remove extremist content promoting violence against religious minorities from the educational...
Terrorists Again Target Syrian Christians in IdlibNovember 30, 2018 — 11/30/2018 Syria (International Christian Concern) – A number of media reports indicate that the Syrian al-Qaeda splinter group known as al-Nusra has recently increased its targeting of Christians in the...
Egypt Church Attack Deemed a MisdemeanorNovember 29, 2018 — 11/29/2018 Egypt (International Christian Concern) – An intruder who broke into a Cairo Church and attacked two Christians while shouting Islamic slogans has had his case referred to a Court of Misdemeanors,...
Turkey’s Budget Sends Islamist MessageNovember 28, 2018 — 11/28/2018 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – Ankara has released its first draft budget since Turkey transitioned to a new system of governance which increases the power of President Erdogan. Opposition forces say...
