Probe of ISIS Crimes to Begin Next Year

December 8, 2018 — 12/08/2018 Iraq (International Christian Concern) – The United Nations has finally announced that their team sent to investigate the genocidal crimes of ISIS against religious minorities is scheduled to being their probe...

Turkish Shelling in Iraq Closes Christian School

December 6, 2018 — 12/06/2018 Iraq (International Christian Concern) – Kurdistan24 News reports that a Christian village in Iraq’s far north has had to halt all school activities because of Turkish airstrikes in the area. The...

Militia Forces Threaten Iraqi Priest

December 3, 2018 — Militia Harassment of Christians the New Norm in Areas Previously Controlled by ISIS 12/03/2018 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on the morning...

120 Christian Sites Destroyed in Mosul

December 2, 2018 — 12/02/2018 Iraq (International Christian Concern) – Rudaw reports that thousands of Christian homes as well as 120 churches and Christian shrines have been destroyed by ISIS in Mosul alone. It...

Mosul’s Destruction Haunts the Nineveh Plains

November 28, 2018 —

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11/28/2018 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Mosul was once a beautiful city. Today, piles of rubble are everywhere....

KRG Responds to Land Dispute Claims

November 26, 2018 — 11/26/2018 Iraq (International Christian Concern) – When the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) decided to build and expand the airport in Erbil, much of the land which was needed belonged to Christians. It...

Iraq Cracks Down on Customary Tribal Justice

November 23, 2018 — 11/23/2018 Iraq (International Christian Concern) – The centuries old Iraqi tribal practice of resolving disputes through the “degga ashairiya” has now been classified by the government as an act of terrorism punishable...

350 Christian Homes Illegally Seized in Iraq

November 21, 2018 — 11/21/2018 Iraq (International Christian Concern) – An investigation by an Iraqi media source, al-Sumaria, revealed that at least 350 Christian owned properties have illegally been seized. The government has stopped only 50...

Christians Report Extortion Threats in Ankawa

November 18, 2018 — 11/18/2018 Iraq (International Christian Concern) – Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) law enforcement officials have arrested four individuals accused of threatening violence to extort money from residents of Erbil’s Ankawa district, which is...

ISIS Presence Remains in Nineveh Plains

November 16, 2018 — 11/16/2018 Iraq (International Christian Concern) – This week, the Iraqi News Agency reported that over 20 ISIS militants were killed and 14 arrested during a widespread military operation in the Nineveh Plains....

Christians Marginalized from Iraq’s Government Formation

November 13, 2018 — 11/13/2018 Iraq (International Christian Concern) – Following a heavily contested election this past spring, Iraq has at long last moved forward with the government formation process. While the parliament has formed, some...

Does Mosul Bomb Signal ISIS Return to Nineveh Plains?

November 11, 2018 — 11/11/2018 Iraq (International Christian Concern) – A car bomb exploded Thursday near a Mosul restaurant reportedly frequented by security personnel. According to some media reports, this is the first time that a...

ISIS Left Over 200 Mass Graves in Iraq

November 6, 2018 — 11/06/2018 Iraq (International Christian Concern) – According to a report released by the UN, over 200 mass graves have been left behind in areas formerly controlled by the Islamic State (ISIS). The...

Iraq Launches Campaign to Rebuild Mosul Churches

November 1, 2018 — 11/01/2018 Iraq (International Christian Concern) – On Wednesday, the Nineveh Governor released a statement saying that Mosul’s local government is making efforts to rebuild churches in West Mosul. The statement says that...

ICC Commemorates Anniversary of 2010 Church Bombing in Iraq

October 31, 2018 — Attack on Baghdad Church Continues to Traumatize Christians 10/31/18 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Today, International Christian Concern (ICC) and Iraq’s Christian community are commemorating the eighth anniversary of...

U.S. to Redirect Aid to Christian Victims of ISIS in Iraq and Syria

October 23, 2018 — 10/23/2018 Middle East (International Christian Concern) - The Arab Weekly recently reported that the United States would increase aid to Iraqi and Syrian religious and ethnic minorities that were targeted...