UN Will Assist Iraq in Preserving Evidence of ISIS’s Genocidal Crimes Against Religious MinoritiesSeptember 22, 2017 — ICC Note: The UN Security Council has decided that investigators may assist Iraq with the collection of evidence which can be used to build war crime cases against ISIS militants....
Admired, but not Protected, Christians Seek Home ElsewhereSeptember 21, 2017 — By Claire Evans 09/21/2017 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) - The liberation of the Nineveh Plains from ISIS control, as announced by Iraq’s Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi in August 2017,...
ICC Provides Safe and Private Housing for Family to Reunite with Young DaughterSeptember 20, 2017 — By Amy Penn 9/21/2017 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – She was only three years old, too young to understand the chaos surrounding her or her parents’ struggle because of...
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Approves Iraqi and Syria Relief and Justice BillSeptember 19, 2017 — FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE H.R. 390 Takes Another Key Step Forward Toward Assisting Christians in Dire Need 9/19/17 Washington D.C., (International Christian Concern) – Today, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved...
Christians Prepare as War Against ISIS Moves into the ShadowsSeptember 19, 2017 — ICC Note: As the battle against ISIS shifts from the battlefield to the shadows, Iraqis are preparing for the next stage in what some are saying will be a generational...
Senate Committee Reviewing H.R. 390, the Iraq and Syria Accountability ActSeptember 19, 2017 — ICC Note: Today the Senate Foreign Relations Committee is considering H.R. 390, the Iraq and Syria Accountability Act, legislation which passed the House in June and would provide much needed...
Christians Joyously Gather to Formally Celebrate Their Homecoming to QaraqoshSeptember 15, 2017 — ICC Note: This week 500 Christian families gathered in Qaraqosh to celebrate their homecoming to Iraq’s Nineveh Plains. Security personnel protected the procession which was headed by priests and filled...
Over 2,500 Corpses Pulled From Mosul’s RubbleSeptember 13, 2017 — ICC Note: According to local medical facilities, over 2,500 corpses have been pulled from the rubble of Iraq’s war-battered Mosul. More than 100,000 Christians were driven from their homes in...
Former Justice Ken Starr advocates for Senate approval of H.R. 390September 12, 2017 — Kenn Starr’s oped in the Washington Post acts as a strong reminder of the importance of passing HR 390 and helpings Christians and others who are still suffering because of...
ISIS Retreats From Syria, but Remains a Threat to ChristiansSeptember 9, 2017 — ICC Note: ISIS fighters are rapidly retreating in what some are billing as their last stand in Eastern Syria. However, others express caution as they recall the many years of...
Cost of Rebuilding Gives Iraq’s Christians PauseSeptember 8, 2017 — ICC Note: With the full liberation of the Nineveh Plains from ISIS, previously displaced Christians are returning to their towns only to find their homes destroyed. As families work to...
Baghdad’s Churches Close as Low Attendance Highlights Broader Safety ConcernsSeptember 6, 2017 — ICC Note: Eight churches in Baghdad were recently closed after a series of investigations by Christian leaders determined that attendance, if any, had been decreasing over the last several years....
Religious Sisters in Iraq Plan to Rebuild ConventSeptember 5, 2017 — ICC Note: Qaraqosh, a predominantly Christian town located in Northern Iraq, was found devastated when Iraqi forces retook the city from ISIS in 2016. Nearly a year later, the Religious...
Past Atrocities Continue to Haunt Yazidi Women and ChildrenSeptember 3, 2017 — ICC Note: Although ISIS was driven out of the last part of the Yazidi’s homeland this past May, the specter of past atrocities continue to haunt those who survived the...
Iraq Declares Full Liberation of Nineveh ProvinceSeptember 1, 2017 — ICC Note: Iraq’s Prime Minister has declared the city of Tal Afar “fully liberated” from ISIS after a nearly two week operation to wrestle the city from the militants’ control....
Mass Returns to Mosul On The Feast Day Of A MartyrAugust 31, 2017 — ICC Note: The return of Christians to Mosul includes the return of the celebration of mass. Christians recently gathered to worship on the feast day of St. Edith Stein, a...
