Iraqi Religious Authorities Adopt Interfaith StatementMarch 12, 2020 — 03/12/2020 Iraq (International Christian Concern) – Iraq's main religious leaders have adopted an interfaith statement regarding the victims of the Islamic State (ISIS) following the urging of the United Nations...
ICC Helps a Farmer Rebuild in IraqMarch 10, 2020 — [vc_custom_heading text="" use_theme_fonts="yes"][vc_single_image image="114780" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center"] 03/10/2020 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Prior to the invasion of ISIS, the predominantly Christian city of Qeraqosh was a hub for agriculture, particularly...
Nineveh Plains Transitional Justice Report: FebruaryMarch 4, 2020 — [vc_custom_heading text="" use_theme_fonts="yes"][vc_custom_heading text="By Claire Evans" font_container="tag:h6|text_align:left" use_theme_fonts="yes" css=".vc_custom_1583349969491{margin-bottom: 22px !important;}"][vc_single_image image="114728" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center"] 03/04/2020 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – February was marked with subtle tensions underlying several different...
PMF Appoints Successor Following Al-Muhandis AssassinationFebruary 29, 2020 — 02/29/2020 Iraq (International Christian Concern) – Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) has appointed a new deputy commander following the assassination of Abu Mahdi Al-Muhandis in the January U.S. drone strike...
Iraq Protests Continue, But Where Is the Hope?February 28, 2020 — [vc_custom_heading text="" use_theme_fonts="yes"][vc_custom_heading text="By Claire Evans" font_container="tag:h6|text_align:left" use_theme_fonts="yes" css=".vc_custom_1582728995527{margin-bottom: 22px !important;}"][vc_single_image image="114875" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center"] 02/28/2020 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – It seems like a lifetime ago. When Iraq’s protests...
Christian Teenager Killed in Iraq ProtestsFebruary 27, 2020 — [vc_custom_heading text="" use_theme_fonts="yes"] 24 Other Protesters Wounded in Tahrir Square Violence 02/27/2020 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that a 15-year-old Assyrian Christian named...
Intelligence-Sharing Program Coincides with Turkish Strikes Against Iraqi CiviliansFebruary 26, 2020 — 02/26/2020 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Reuters reported earlier this month that the United States suspended an undercover military program it had conducted in cooperation with the Turkish military...
Project Update: Iraqi Christians Win Land RightsFebruary 20, 2020 — [vc_custom_heading text="" use_theme_fonts="yes"][vc_custom_heading text="By Claire Evans" font_container="tag:h6|text_align:left" use_theme_fonts="yes" css=".vc_custom_1582120269570{margin-bottom: 22px !important;}"][vc_single_image image="114729" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center"] 02/20/2020 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – It’s not the Iraq outsiders know. The rural, vibrant...
Nineveh Prepares to Accept Thousands of ISIS MembersFebruary 16, 2020 — 02/16/2020 Iraq (International Christian Concern) – A lawmaker in Iraq’s Nineveh Governorate announced that plans are well underway to establish a new camp in the NE part of the province...
Protest Against Militias in NinevehFebruary 8, 2020 — 02/08/2020 Iraq (International Christian Concern) – Protesters in Tel Adas, a village located between Mosul and Dohuk, blocked the road on Thursday to demonstrate against the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF)...
Nineveh Plains Transitional Justice Report: JanuaryFebruary 3, 2020 — [vc_custom_heading text="" use_theme_fonts="yes"][vc_custom_heading text="By Claire Evans" font_container="tag:h6|text_align:left" use_theme_fonts="yes" css=".vc_custom_1580499437988{margin-bottom: 22px !important;}"][vc_single_image image="96325" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center"] 02/03/2020 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – The New Year opened with an unexpected airstrike in...
Written in GraffitiFebruary 1, 2020 — [vc_custom_heading text="" use_theme_fonts="yes"][vc_custom_heading text="By Claire Evans" font_container="tag:h6|text_align:left" use_theme_fonts="yes" css=".vc_custom_1579810503983{margin-bottom: 22px !important;}"][vc_single_image image="112126" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center"] 02/01/2020 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Iraq is not the same country as it was six...
Iraqi Archbishop Asks for Equal RightsFebruary 1, 2020 — 02/01/2020 Iraq (International Christian Concern) – Archbishop Bashar Warda of Iraq’s Chaldean Catholic Church, based in Erbil, has reissued a plea for a unified Iraq that respects the rights of...
Iraqi Christians Pause Their Education – AgainJanuary 27, 2020 — [vc_custom_heading text="" use_theme_fonts="yes"][vc_custom_heading text="By Claire Evans" font_container="tag:h6|text_align:left" use_theme_fonts="yes" css=".vc_custom_1580150551983{margin-bottom: 22px !important;}"][vc_single_image image="99674" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center"] 01/27/2020 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – When Iraq declared the Islamic State (ISIS) territorially defeated...
Christian Aid Workers Kidnapped in BaghdadJanuary 27, 2020 — 01/27/2020 Iraq (International Christian Concern) – Four humanitarian aid workers employed by the French NGO SOS Christians of the Middle East went missing in Baghdad on January 20th. Three of...
Identity of New ISIS Leader RevealedJanuary 22, 2020 — 01/22/2020 Iraq (International Christian Concern) – Following Baghdadi’s death in October, the Islamic State (ISIS) named Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Quraishi as their new leader. The name, however, was a nom...
