ISIS Tunnels Plague Previously Held ProvincesJune 8, 2018 — ICC Note: The difficultly of militarily overcoming ISIS militants was further complicated by the number of tunnels that ISIS dug across the territories it once held. Even after ISIS’s defeat,...
Controlled Explosion Near Iraqi Christian TownJune 7, 2018 — ICC Note: Approximately 100 bombs planted by ISIS near the Christian town of Bashiqa have detonated in a controlled explosion by Iraq’s security forces. ISIS left mines and bombs scattered...
Violations of Rights of Iraqi Christians ContinueJune 6, 2018 — ICC Note: A number of Iraq’s Church leaders are asking that the government adopt laws that treat all citizens equally and recognize the rights of Christians. Many of Iraq’s Christians...
Iraq Begins Inspecting Sinjar Mass GravesJune 3, 2018 — ICC Note: Iraqi authorities have begun opening up the mass graves of those killed by ISIS in Sinjar. These graves belong to the Yazidis, a religious minority group who was...
Iraq’s Christians Seek Opportunities to ThriveMay 31, 2018 — ICC Note: Church leaders in Iraq say that it is not enough that Christians survived ISIS, they need opportunities to thrive within the country. They point to a lack of...
Mosul Arrests Indicate ISIS Presence Remains in Nineveh PlainsMay 29, 2018 — ICC Note: Thirty-five alleged ISIS militants have been arrested in the Mosul area, further reinforcing the fears of Christians that ISIS has melted back into society following their military defeat...
Sectarianism Threatens Iraq’s ChristiansMay 28, 2018 — ICC Note: As Iraq begins the post-electoral process, the country’s Christians are calling for a government free from sectarianism which recognizes them as full citizens under the law. Government and...
The Slow Exodus from Baghdad To Escape ViolenceMay 25, 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_1527273842238{margin-bottom: 22px !important;}"][vc_single_image image="96321" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center"] 05/25/2018 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – The threat of violence defines everything in Iraq. Whether it is the...
ICC Helps Christians Displaced by ISIS Obtain Necessary MedicineMay 24, 2018 — By Linda Jones 05/24/2018 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – After ISIS invaded Iraq in 2014, thousands of Christians, some already internally displaced, were forced to flee their homes for...
Bodies Continue to be Pulled from Mosul’s RubbleMay 21, 2018 — ICC Note: Nearly a year after the liberation of Mosul from ISIS, bodies of both militants and civilians are still being pulled from the rubble. It is not unusual for...
Assyrian Christian Lands Forcibly Seized in Northern IraqMay 17, 2018 — Authorities Again Petitioned to Protect the Rights of Minorities 05/17/18 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that two Kurdish Muslim brothers built an illegal...
Case of Assassinated Priest, Deacons Brought Before VaticanMay 16, 2018 — ICC Note: Christians in Iraq have left the country in three waves: following the 2003 invasion, the 2010 church bombing in Baghdad, and in 2014 due to the rise of...
Mosul IDPs Living in LimboMay 10, 2018 — ICC Note: Even as other internally displaced persons (IDPs) are slowly returning to the Nineveh Plains, one demographic has notably failed to consider returning home: residents from Mosul. Although life...
Rebuilding Families Key to Rebuilding Qaraqosh, Says PriestMay 7, 2018 — ICC Note: Equally important to rebuilding infrastructure in Qaraqosh is reconstructing the community, says the local Syriac Church. ISIS devastated Qaraqosh’s infrastructure beyond repair, and the resulting displacement of Christians...
High-Ranking ISIS Official Arrested in MosulApril 30, 2018 — ICC Note: Iraqi Security Forces have arrested ISIS’s Emir of the Nineveh Plains, Ibrahim Mesha’al Hassan Marei, in East Mosul. Most of Iraq’s Christians lived in the Nineveh Plains before...
Iraqi Christians Slowly Returning Home After ExileApril 29, 2018 — ICC Note: Iraqi Christians have kept the faith, and inspire others to do so as well, says a local priest. Some have slowly begun the return home and the process...
