Militias Pose Threat to Post-ISIS Peace

July 31, 2018 — ICC Note: Iraq is 31 days into a governmental crisis which continues to empower paramilitary groups who are seeking economic and political gain. The most prominent of this is the...

Trauma Haunts Believer Held Captive by ISIS

July 29, 2018 — ICC Note: Rana is a Christian woman from Qaraqosh who was held captive by ISIS for two and a half years. During this time, she stayed alive by pretending to...

Explosives Challenge Post-ISIS Reconstruction

July 27, 2018 — ICC Note: France has donated just over half a million to the United Nations to help clear explosives from areas liberated from ISIS control. According to the United Nations Mine...

Reclaiming the Nineveh Plains: Part 1

July 26, 2018 — Transforming Tunnels into Farmland 07/26/2018 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – The Nineveh Plains, the traditional homeland of Iraq’s Christians, was left devastated by ISIS’s occupation. The militants sought to...

Nineveh Plains Dying of Thirst

July 26, 2018 — ICC Note: A combination of failed rains and infrastructure damaged by ISIS has left the land of the Nineveh Plains literally dying of thirst. The traditional homeland of Iraq’s Christians...

Security, Stability, Employment Biggest Needs in Nineveh Plains

July 25, 2018 — ICC Note: When a group of nuns from the Nineveh Plains returned, they discovered that their convent had been used by ISIS as a “rape center.” Since their return, they...

Are 200 ISIS Vehicles Regrouping in Nineveh Plains?

July 24, 2018 — ICC Note: An Iraqi official has issued a warning that between 100-200 ISIS vehicles have been seen moving around Nineveh. This follows multiple news reports of ISIS regrouping and committing...

Rare Terrorist Attack in Erbil

July 23, 2018 — ICC Note: Gunmen entered a governorate building in Erbil and engaged in a standoff that lasted five hours, killing one and wounding a guard. The mayor of Erbil has suggested...

Estimated 38 Christian Women Remain Held by ISIS

July 18, 2018 — ICC Note: A report indicates that of the 45 Christian women kidnapped by ISIS from Qaraqosh, only 7 have since returned. A separate report says that 3100 Yazidi women remain...

ISIS Member Sentenced for Violence in Nineveh Plains

July 17, 2018 — ICC Note: An ISIS member has been sentenced to death by hanging for supporting several bomb blasts in Mosul and planting 250 explosives in Bartella, a historically Christian town. The...

Consequences of Southern Protests Felt Across Iraq’s Nineveh Plains

July 16, 2018 — Christians Forced to Contribute to the Needs of Iraq’s Richest Province Due to Protesters’ Demands 07/16/18 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that the...

Most of Mosul’s Medical Centers Remain Destroyed

July 14, 2018 — ICC Note: Although a year has passed since Mosul’s liberation, it is estimated that 70% of the city’s medical facilities remain out of use. While the number of war related...

60 Trucks of ISIS Militants Sneak into Ninawa Governorate

July 13, 2018 — ICC Note: Security forces in the Ninawa Governorate, home to most of Iraq’s dwindling Christian population, are on high alert after 60 ISIS vehicles entered the country from Syria. The...

75 Iraqi Villages Controlled by ISIS

July 10, 2018 — ICC Note: Yesterday’s celebrations of Mosul’s one-year anniversary of liberation from ISIS was tempered by a statement issued by Iraq’s former Interior Minister warning that ISIS still controls at least...

Are Iraq’s Christians Facing a Critical Juncture Post-Election?

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07/10/2018 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – On July 1, Iraq officially became an interim government without a functioning...

First Anniversary of Mosul Liberation Marked by Security Concerns

July 9, 2018 — Unpredictable Security Situation Continues to Discourage Return of Christians 07/09/18 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – One year ago today, Prime Minister al-Abadi announced that the city of Mosul, the...