Senior ISIS Official Arrested in MosulJanuary 20, 2020 — 01/20/2020 Iraq (International Christian Concern) – This past Thursday, the Nineveh Police Command’s SWAT team arrested a Sharia official and ISIS mufti in the city of Mosul. Shifa Al-Neama, nicknamed...
Iraq’s Security Environment Spirals DownwardJanuary 6, 2020 — 01/06/2019 Iraq (International Christian Concern) – In response to the American assassination of a key Iranian general in Baghdad, Iraq’s parliament has passed a nonbinding resolution which rejects the presence...
Mosul Road Repairs Cause DangerJanuary 5, 2020 — 01/05/2019 Iraq (International Christian Concern) – Repairing the infrastructure damage left behind by ISIS in Iraq’s city of Mosul comes at a cost for those who are trying to rebuild...
Airstrike Ignites Chaos Within IraqJanuary 3, 2020 — [vc_custom_heading text="" use_theme_fonts="yes"] Assassination of Militia Leaders Sparks Fears of Reprisal Attacks 01/03/2020 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on January 2, 2020,...
Nineveh Plains Transitional Justice Report: 2019 in ReviewJanuary 2, 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_1577994345045{margin-bottom: 22px !important;}"][vc_single_image image="99674" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center"] 01/02/2020 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – The year 2019 brought mixed outcomes for Iraq’s Nineveh...
Militias Lay Siege to US Embassy in IraqJanuary 1, 2020 — 01/01/2020 Iraq (International Christian Concern) – In what many are labeling as one of the most significant openings of the new decade for the Middle East region, Iranian backed militias...
Iran Takes Aim at Iraqi Christians on TVDecember 29, 2019 — 12/29/2019 Iran (International Christian Concern) – Even as Iranian State media runs a propaganda campaign congratulating Christians for the Christmas season, at least one Iranian backed channel elsewhere in the...
Baghdad Church Nearly InvadedDecember 27, 2019 — 12/27/2019 Iraq (International Christian Concern) – The Catholic Church of Divine Wisdom in Baghdad was nearly invaded in a hostile takeover attempt yesterday. Details remain scarce. Security footage of the...
Cross on Shoes Sparks ControversyDecember 25, 2019 — 12/25/2019 Iraq (International Christian Concern) – The Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) in Iraq has stopped the sale of shoes bearing the image of the cross on the sole after receiving...
Iraq Cancels Christmas Eve MassDecember 23, 2019 — 12/23/2019 Iraq (International Christian Concern) – Iraq's Chaldean Catholic Church announced on Friday that midnight Christmas Eve services in Baghdad will be cancelled due to security concerns involving the ongoing...
Iraq’s Tribes Grow Role in ProtestsDecember 12, 2019 — 12/12/2019 Iraq (International Christian Concern) – The ongoing protests in Iraq have grown to include more defining features, including a stronger tribal presence in areas controlled by the Central Government....
Iraq Cancels ChristmasDecember 11, 2019 — [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_1576082950691{margin-bottom: 22px !important;}"][vc_single_image image="111370" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center"] 12/11/2019 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Wearing a gas mask, Santa strolls down the streets...
Iraqi Protests Reject Sectarian ConstitutionDecember 7, 2019 — 12/07/2019 Iraq (International Christian Concern) – Speaking before the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday, Chaldean Archbishop Bashar Warda warned that the protests in Iraq are a rejection by the...
Nineveh Plains Transitional Justice Report: NovemberDecember 3, 2019 — [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_1575404449305{margin-bottom: 22px !important;}"][vc_single_image image="99676" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center"] 12/03/2019 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Iraq remains gripped by protests, but the violent response...
Christians Continue Support of Iraqi ProtestsNovember 30, 2019 — 11/30/2019 Iraq (International Christian Concern) – Iraqi Christians continue to express their solidarity with the protesters, who have been demonstrating against the government for nearly two months. The violence with...
KRG Arrests Journalist Reporting on Syrian ChristiansNovember 15, 2019 — 11/15/2019 Iraq (International Christian Concern) – According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, an Assyrian journalist was arrested by the Iraqi Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) after returning from a two-week...
