ICC Provides Clean Water in Qaraqosh, Iraq

June 9, 2019 — 06/09/2019 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – In the path of destruction left behind by ISIS, Iraqi Christians are attempting to return to their homes in Qaraqosh. However, they have returned...

Nineveh Plains Transitional Justice Report

June 7, 2019 —

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06/07/2019 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – The Islamic State (ISIS) has adopted a strategy of insurgency in areas...

Mysterious Fires Plague Iraqi Christians

May 31, 2019 — 05/31/2019 Iraq (International Christian Concern) – Fires from an unknown source burned on Thursday the agricultural fields surrounding the Iraqi Christian town of Karamles, located in the Nineveh Plains near...

The Plight of Iraq’s Elderly Christians

May 29, 2019 —

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05/29/2019 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – A colorful Rubik’s Cube sits in the wrinkled hands of an elderly...

ISIS Insurgency Flares Up with Fire and Smoke

May 20, 2019 — 05/20/2019 Iraq (International Christian Concern) – The Islamic State (ISIS) insurgency appears to be gaining traction in Iraq as the militants leave a trail of fire and smoke in their...

Heightened Militia Tension in Iraq

May 18, 2019 — 05/18/2019 Iraq (International Christian Concern) – Heightened tension between Iran and the United States has caused concern that Iraq would become the arena of conflict. Of particular concern are Iraq’s...

Elderly Christian Women Violently Assaulted in Bartella, Iraq

May 14, 2019 — Violent Home Invasion Part of Continued Persecution of Christians in Disputed Territory 05/14/2019 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on May 13, 2019, assailants...

ICC Provides Barbershop Training for ISIS Victims

May 14, 2019 — 05/14/2019 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – In 2014, ISIS invaded the Nineveh Plains in Iraq. This region is home to many of Iraq’s Christians and droves of Christians fled their...

Nineveh Plains in State of Uncertainty as ISIS Grows

May 10, 2019 — 05/10/2019 Iraq (International Christian Concern) – Transitional justice and security issues continue to haunt Iraq’s Nineveh Plains, traditionally home to most of the country’s Christians and declared part of the...

Iraq Prepares for ISIS Repatriation from Syria

May 5, 2019 — 05/05/2019 Iraq (International Christian Concern) – The Iraqi government is pushing for the establishment of a single detention camp which would isolate approximately 30,000 Iraqis expected to be repatriated from...

Iraqi PM Out of Touch with Liberated Provinces, Says Official

May 4, 2019 — 05/04/2019 Iraq (International Christian Concern) – The Deputy Governor of Saladin Province is encouraging Iraqi Prime Minister Mahdi’s government to personally see the situation of the provinces liberated from ISIS...

Iranian Militias Plague Iraq’s Nineveh Plains

May 1, 2019 —

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05/01/2019 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – The fatal ferry collapse in Mosul on March 21 was a tragedy...

ISIS Leader Baghdadi Appears in Rare Video

April 30, 2019 — 04/30/2019 Iraq (International Christian Concern) – Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State (ISIS), appeared yesterday in a rare video released by the militants’ al-Furqan media network. This...

ISIS Turns to Insurgent Tactics as Iraq Struggles with Transitional Justice

April 27, 2019 — 04/27/2019 Iraq (International Christian Concern) – ISIS’s territorial defeat in Syria last month is considered a significant step in the fight against ISIS in the Middle East, as the Islamic...

Iran Replaces Revolutionary Guard Commander

April 22, 2019 — 04/22/2019 Iran (International Christian Concern) – Just weeks after the United States designated Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei decided to replace the Guard’s...

ICC Brings Clean Water to Christians Displaced by ISIS

April 21, 2019 — 04/21/2019 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – ISIS invaded Qaraqosh in 2014, resulting in the displacement of most of the Christians living in the area. Families are beginning to return home...