ISIS Chops Off Hands of 2 Children for Refusing to Kill Captives in Front of Their Families

February 6, 2017 — ICC Note: Islamic State militants have reportedly chopped off the hands of two children who refused to execute civilians in a training program. The children were both between the ages...

Iraqi Palace Of Mirrors: Kurds Block Aid To Christian Militia

February 6, 2017 — ICC Note: While Kurds and Iraq Security forces continue to battle ISIS for Mosul, another narrative is being left out. The Nineveh Protection Unit (NPU), am armed Christian militia, is...

Devastated northern Iraq needs ‘new Marshall Plan’ for reconstruction

February 4, 2017 — ICC Note: Archbishop Bashar Warda of Erbil has unveiled a 2-3 year reconstruction plan for Iraqi Christians. Likening it to the Marshal Plan that rebuilt Europe after WWII, Warda is...

Cleaning up towns freed from IS ‘erases evidence of their crimes’

February 3, 2017 — ICC Note: As cleaning efforts begin in liberated territories in Iraq, it is important to document the damage before fixing it. The world must know what ISIS did in these...

Church announces survival plan for Iraq’s suffering Christians

February 2, 2017 — ICC Note: Archbishop Basha Warda of Erbil has promised that Christians will stay and rebuild their lives in Iraq after ISIS is defeated. Churches will be rebuilt and homes will...

Sex Slave Survivor Raped by 12 Men: What ISIS Did to Us Can’t Be Mentioned

February 2, 2017 — ICC Note: A Yazidi victim of ISIS’ human trafficking network has been testifying across Europe about the horrible fate she and so many others faced in Iraq and Syria. The...

‘Many years’ before Mosul stable enough for Christians to return

February 1, 2017 — ICC Note: According to a senior research fellow at the International Center for Radicalization Studies there is no such thing as post-IS Mosul. Drastic measures will need to be taken...

Christians ‘excluded’ from Iraq’s reconstruction plans

January 30, 2017 — ICC Note: It is now clear that Christian leaders in Iraq are being left out of the reconstruction dialogue in northern Iraq. This means Christians, who have ancient roots in...

ISIS burns mother and four children alive for fleeing Caliphate

January 29, 2017 — ICC Note: An elderly woman from Kirkuk, Iraq was recently apprehended by ISIS with her four children and then burned alive. The gruesome execution took place in front of a...

Christian Teenager Held Hostage by ISIS for 2 Years Survives to Talk About It

January 27, 2017 — ICC Note: The testimony of a Christian teenage boy who survived two years of ISIS occupation. Ismail and his mother did not escape their town of Bartella, Iraq before ISIS...

‘Jihadists Used Our Church As A Shooting Range’: Iraqi Christians Return Home To Devastation

January 25, 2017 — ICC Note: As Iraqi Security Forces continue to liberate parts of Nineveh from ISIS, Christians are looking to return to their abandoned villages. Under militant occupation, churches and Christian homes...

Archbishop of Canterbury intervenes to save Iraqi Christian from deportation

January 24, 2017 — ICC Note: The Archbishop of Canterbury is interceding on behalf of a Syriac Christian man who fled Mosul when it was first invaded by ISIS in 2014. The man now...

Chaldean Archbishop to Iraqi Catholics: Stay Put and Be Strong

January 23, 2017 — ICC Note: After two years of ISIS rule and the mass exodus of Christians from the region, one Chaldean archbishop is encouraging the rest to stay and help rebuild the...

Two Christian women traumatized after years of ISIS rule

January 23, 2017 — ICC Note: The Christian town of Tel Karif, northeast of Mosul, was recently liberated by the Iraqi army and security forces. In the town, two Christian women who have lived...

Is the IS the new normal for the Middle East?

January 21, 2017 — ICC Note: Is the Islamic State a new norm for the Middle East? While many regions in the world have improved in the last few years, the Middle East has...

Iraq Muslim Builds Cross After Original Is Destroyed By ISIS

January 20, 2017 — ICC Note: An Iraqi Muslim built a makeshift cross after seeing the destruction of a church in his home country. Marwan and his actions were meant to bring a voice...