Christian Woman Freed from ISIS MilitantsAugust 29, 2017 — ICC Note: Iraq’s security officials have freed one Christian woman and seven Yezidi women from ISIS militants who were attempting to flee to Syria. They were freed in an area...
Iraqi Christians Express Concern About Country’s School CurriculumAugust 28, 2017 — ICC Note: Chaldean Archbishop Habib Jajou has expressed concern that Iraq’s Ministry of Education is not doing enough to educate students about their country’s Christian history, and that a failure...
Iraqi Forces Breach ISIS Defenses in Tel AfarAugust 26, 2017 — ICC Note: Iraqi forces have breached ISIS defenses to reach the city center of Tel Afar, marking further gains to dislodge ISIS from their territorial strongholds. Tel Afar is significant...
Iraqi Christians Begin the Process of Rebuilding in Tel SkofAugust 25, 2017 — ICC Note: When ISIS swept through Iraq, they not only displaced Christians but sought to erase all signs of Christianity from villages and towns. In 2014, the town of Tel...
Schools in a Historically Christian City in Iraq Look to RebuildAugust 23, 2017 — ICC Note: Prior to ISIS’s two and a half year occupation, Qaraqosh was the largest Christian city in Iraq. The liberation of Qaraqosh has led some families to return home....
Returning Home, Iraqi Christians Find Churches DestroyedAugust 23, 2017 — ICC Note: Although the Nineveh Plain has been liberated from ISIS, the scars of this militant group’s barbarism has left the region largely uninhabitable. Eager to rebuild, local communities lack...
Iraqi Christians Eager to Return HomeAugust 22, 2017 — ICC Note: Members of Parliament warn that Iraqi Christians who fled ISIS are at risk of being pushed out of the Middle East by militant forces backed by Iran. Officials...
Yazidi Boy Captured by ISIS Reunited with His FamilyAugust 18, 2017 — ICC Note: Emad Mishko Tamo was captured in 2014 by ISIS when militants invaded Sinjar and separated from his family. His mother, Nofa, found out he was rescued in July...
US Declares ISIS’ Actions in Iraq GenocideAugust 16, 2017 — ICC Note: In his remarks introducing the State Department’s annual report on religious freedom, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson declared that ISIS committed genocide against religious minorities in Iraq. Many...
Over 600 Christian Families Have Returned Home in IraqAugust 13, 2017 — ICC Note: An archbishop in Mosul reported that more than 600 families have returned to their homes in the Nineveh Plains. The archbishop is joyful that families want to return...
Kurdish Leaders Promise They Will Protect ChristiansAugust 9, 2017 — ICC Note: As Kurdish leaders begin pursuing steps to make them independent of Iraq, they are reassuring Christians that they will be protected if Kurdistan gains independence. Thousands of Christians...
Elderly Christian Woman Assaulted in IraqAugust 9, 2017 — ICC Note: On Sunday, an elderly Christian woman was beaten and assaulted by robbers who broke into her home. Activists have circulated photos of the woman after her assault, showing...
Has ISIS Committed Genocide?August 8, 2017 — ICC Note: As policy leaders continue to address a post-ISIS Iraq, one concern is the use of the term ‘genocide’ to describe ISIS’ attacks against religious minorities like Christians and...
Iraqi Town Elects Christian Female as MayorAugust 7, 2017 — ICC Note: A small victory occurred for both women and Christians in Iraq last week. Alqosh, a small town in the Nineveh Plain, elected its first female Christian mayor, Lara...
Closure of Eight Churches in Baghdad a Symbolic DefeatAugust 6, 2017 — ICC Note: ICC has reported that eight churches have closed in Baghdad after talking to former residents. For the past fifteen years Christians have been forced out of Baghdad. Now,...
ISIS’ Genocide Against Yazidis ContinuesAugust 5, 2017 — ICC Note: The UN has reported that despite the liberation of their home, the genocide against Yazidis continues while the international community does nothing. ISIS still has 3000 women and...
