ICC Provides Clean Water for Christians in QaraqoshOctober 20, 2018 — 10/20/2018 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – In 2014, ISIS invaded Qaraqosh and displaced most of the city’s Christian population. For the last several years, Christians have been scattered all over...
Archbishop in Iraq Fears Persecution May Erase Christianity from CountryOctober 19, 2018 — 10/19/2018 Iraq (International Christian Concern) - In a recent statement by Archbishop Habib Nafali, he spoke out against the extreme persecution suffered by the church in Iraq and calling it...
U.S. Pledges $300 Million in Aid to Rebuild Iraqi Christian CommunitiesOctober 18, 2018 — 10/18/2018 Iraq (International Christian Concern) - A pledge made by Vice President Pence and the Trump administration a year ago to support Christians and other minority groups forced out of...
Middle Eastern Christians Share Gospel in Post-ISIS CommunitiesOctober 16, 2018 — 10/16/2018 Middle East (International Christian Concern) – Christians in the Middle East continue to share their faith despite the great dangers they face. Although ISIS has been defeated, the extremist...
10 Days of Captivity: One ISIS Victim’s Road Back HomeOctober 10, 2018 — [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_1539199888156{margin-bottom: 22px !important;}"][vc_single_image image="99675" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center"] 10/10/2018 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – The day ISIS arrived in Karemlash in 2014, Lana was at home,...
Kindergarten Class Brings New Hope to Iraq’s Christians after ISISOctober 10, 2018 — 10/10/2018 Iraq (International Christian Concern) – Seventeen months after Qaraqosh's residents began heading home following ISIS’s invasion of their town in 2014, residents are beginning to see the signs of...
ICC Provides Business Assistance in IraqOctober 8, 2018 — 10/08/2018 Iraq (International Christian Concern) – Prior to the invasion of ISIS, Raid used to own a market in Qaraqosh, Iraq. When he and his family fled, they lost everything....
Nadia Murad Wins Nobel Peace PrizeOctober 7, 2018 — 10/07/2018 Iraq (International Christian Concern) – Nadia Murad, a young Yazidi woman who was held captive by ISIS as a sex slave for 3 months, has won the Nobel Peace Prize. Since...
ICC Brings Relief to Former ISIS CaptiveOctober 3, 2018 — 10/03/2018 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – When ISIS attacked Qaraqosh in 2014, thousands of Christians fled in fear. Those unable to flee, including an elderly woman named Latoya, were forced to live...
Iraq Inches Toward Governance as Baghdad Christians Consider FleeingOctober 3, 2018 — Prolonged Absence of Law Has Further Compromised Security for Iraq’s Christians 10/03/18 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on October 2, 2018, Iraq’s...
Iraqi Gov. Tensions Impact Christian IDPsOctober 2, 2018 — 10/02/2018 Iraq (International Christian Concern) – Patriarch Louis Sako, head of Iraq’s Chaldean Catholic Church, is pushing for cooperation between the Iraqi Central Government (ICG) and the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG). He...
Senior ISIS Official Sentenced in IraqSeptember 22, 2018 — 09/22/2018 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Ismail Alwan Salman al-Ithawi, who is described as a senior leader in ISIS and having directly served Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, has been sentenced to death...
UN Pressured to Address Christian GenocideSeptember 17, 2018 — 09/17/2018 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – The third and final regular session for the United Nations Human Rights Council began last week and will continue until September 28th. Testimonies...
Are Iraq’s Empty Churches Future Mosques?September 17, 2018 — [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_1536950953975{margin-bottom: 22px !important;}"][vc_single_image image="99674" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center"] 09/17/2018 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Throughout Iraq’s Nineveh Plains lie the ghostly remains of ISIS: crosses scrapped...
Iraq’s Security Situation Further DeterioratesSeptember 3, 2018 — ICC Note: It is reported that Iran has transferred ballistic missiles to Shi’ite proxy militias in Iraq, increasing concerns that Iran is “turning Iraq into its forward missile base.” One...
Are Participants in ISIS Crimes Returning to Religious Minority Areas in Iraq?August 31, 2018 — ICC Note: Yazidis are expressing concern that Muslim villagers who participated in the crimes of ISIS, including participating in the massacre in Shingal, are being allowed to return to a...
