The Disappearing Christian Middle East, Part VI: When Christianity Becomes History October 7, 2026 — By ICC Fellow Lisa Navarrette Throughout this series, The Disappearing Christian Middle East, we have traveled through Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Bethlehem, Jerusalem, the West Bank, and Gaza. Circumstances differ in...
The Disappearing Christian Middle East Part II: Iraq — From Ancient Christian Homeland to ExodusOctober 2, 2026 — By ICC Fellow Lisa Navarrette On an ordinary August evening in 2014, Mariam was preparing dinner while her husband, Nabil, closed the small repair shop his family had owned...
Videos Show Damage to Historic Iraqi Assyrian Church June 19, 2026 — Videos circulating on social media this week appear to show extensive damage inside Mar Kiryakos Church in the village of Sharanish in Iraq’s Dohuk Governorate, prompting concern among Assyrians and...
Economic Persecution: Restoration and Resilience (Part 5 of 5) March 13, 2026 — By Lisa Navarrette, ICC Fellow Persecution seeks to isolate, weaken, and erase. It destroys farms and businesses, blocks promotions, weaponizes laws, and fuels hostility. Yet across the world, persecuted Christians continue to rebuild....
Economic Persecution: Displacement (Part 4 of 5)March 12, 2026 — By Lisa Navarrette, ICC Fellow Persecution doesn’t end when a family flees. Often, displacement is not the conclusion of suffering. It is often the beginning of a deeper economic unraveling....
Religious Registration Laws in the Middle East October 16, 2025 — By Joseph Daniel, ICC Fellow I remember years ago when I filled out my first visa form in the Middle East, I paused at a line that startled me: “What...
Fewer than 70 Christian Families Remain in MosulOctober 2, 2025 — At one point, Mosul, Iraq, was home to more than 50,000 baptized Christians. Today, fewer than 70 Christian families live there. In his Sept. 24 message to diplomats and government...
Sweet Redemption: Restoring a Family’s LivelihoodApril 10, 2025 — 04/10/2025 Iraq (International Christian Concern) – Nadia, her husband, and their three children were driven from their homes when the Islamic State group (ISIS) swept through Iraq in 2014 —...
Online Jesus Film Reaches Persecuted Nations in Southeast Asia and Beyond March 27, 2025 — 3/26/2025 Southeast Asia (International Christian Concern) – Revelation Media announced the results from its six-month campaign where it intentionally and strategically targeted spreading its Real Story of Jesus short film...
Crude Consequences: The Hidden Cost of U.S. Oil Imports from Persecuting NationsJanuary 2, 2025 — 01/02/2025 Middle East (International Christian Concern) – Eight of the 12 members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) actively participate in or condone Christian persecution within their...
A Medical Worker’s Ministry of Hope and Healing in IraqSeptember 26, 2024 — 9/26/2024 Iraq (International Christian Concern) — After working in an emergency department for several years, Waleed opened his own medical clinic in Qaraqosh, Iraq. The clinic had been a dream...
Middle East Christians Prepare for a Possible New ConflictAugust 16, 2024 — 8/16/2024 Middle East (International Christian Concern) — As religious tensions in the Middle East continue to escalate and Israel’s war with Hamas rages on, Christians caught in the middle are...
Rape as a Form of PersecutionAugust 13, 2024 — By Lisa Navarrette, ICC Fellow Rape as a form of Christian persecution is a grave human rights violation and an egregious act of violence used to intimidate, degrade, and destroy communities....
Iraq’s Christians Remember Genocide 10 Years AgoAugust 6, 2024 — 8/6/2024 Iraq (International Christian Concern) — On Tuesday, Iraq’s Christians in the Nineveh Plains reflected and remembered the Islamic State group’s (ISIS) attack on their communities exactly 10 years ago. The...
Iraq’s Christians Mark Grim Anniversary of Mosul’s Fall to ISISAugust 1, 2024 — 08/01/2024 Iraq (International Christian Concern) – The first week of June 2024 marked the 10th anniversary of the Islamic State group (ISIS) capturing Mosul, the capital of Iraq’s second-largest province, Nineveh....
Roua’s Resilient ReturnJuly 29, 2024 — 07/29/2024 Iraq (International Christian Concern) – Roua lived a normal life with her family in Bartella, Iraq, attending school while her father worked. Their lives were disrupted one morning by the...
