Liberation and Uncertainty Surround Iraq’s Christian CommunityFebruary 7, 2017 — By Sandra Elliot 02/03/2017 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) - “I will be thankful to God if we will be able to live with half of [the] happiness we used...
ISIS Chops Off Hands of 2 Children for Refusing to Kill Captives in Front of Their FamiliesFebruary 6, 2017 — ICC Note: Islamic State militants have reportedly chopped off the hands of two children who refused to execute civilians in a training program. The children were both between the ages...
Iraqi Palace Of Mirrors: Kurds Block Aid To Christian MilitiaFebruary 6, 2017 — ICC Note: While Kurds and Iraq Security forces continue to battle ISIS for Mosul, another narrative is being left out. The Nineveh Protection Unit (NPU), am armed Christian militia, is...
Devastated northern Iraq needs ‘new Marshall Plan’ for reconstructionFebruary 4, 2017 — ICC Note: Archbishop Bashar Warda of Erbil has unveiled a 2-3 year reconstruction plan for Iraqi Christians. Likening it to the Marshal Plan that rebuilt Europe after WWII, Warda is...
Cleaning up towns freed from IS ‘erases evidence of their crimes’February 3, 2017 — ICC Note: As cleaning efforts begin in liberated territories in Iraq, it is important to document the damage before fixing it. The world must know what ISIS did in these...
Church announces survival plan for Iraq’s suffering ChristiansFebruary 2, 2017 — ICC Note: Archbishop Basha Warda of Erbil has promised that Christians will stay and rebuild their lives in Iraq after ISIS is defeated. Churches will be rebuilt and homes will...
Sex Slave Survivor Raped by 12 Men: What ISIS Did to Us Can’t Be MentionedFebruary 2, 2017 — ICC Note: A Yazidi victim of ISIS’ human trafficking network has been testifying across Europe about the horrible fate she and so many others faced in Iraq and Syria. The...
‘Many years’ before Mosul stable enough for Christians to returnFebruary 1, 2017 — ICC Note: According to a senior research fellow at the International Center for Radicalization Studies there is no such thing as post-IS Mosul. Drastic measures will need to be taken...
Christian Leaders Question Trump’s Promise To Favor Christian RefugeesJanuary 31, 2017 — ICC Note: President Trump’s promise to prioritize Christian refugees fleeing persecution has faced vast criticism from Christian leaders in the Middle East. Not only does it go against Christian ethic...
Christians ‘excluded’ from Iraq’s reconstruction plansJanuary 30, 2017 — ICC Note: It is now clear that Christian leaders in Iraq are being left out of the reconstruction dialogue in northern Iraq. This means Christians, who have ancient roots in...
ISIS burns mother and four children alive for fleeing CaliphateJanuary 29, 2017 — ICC Note: An elderly woman from Kirkuk, Iraq was recently apprehended by ISIS with her four children and then burned alive. The gruesome execution took place in front of a...
Christian Teenager Held Hostage by ISIS for 2 Years Survives to Talk About ItJanuary 27, 2017 — ICC Note: The testimony of a Christian teenage boy who survived two years of ISIS occupation. Ismail and his mother did not escape their town of Bartella, Iraq before ISIS...
Iraqi Christians Reveal Horrors of Living Under ISIS’ Control in MosulJanuary 26, 2017 — ICC Note: Many Christians in Mosul escaped when ISIS captured it, scattering to neighboring areas like Erbil. Unfortunately, a few Christians were not able to escape in time. They have...
‘Jihadists Used Our Church As A Shooting Range’: Iraqi Christians Return Home To DevastationJanuary 25, 2017 — ICC Note: As Iraqi Security Forces continue to liberate parts of Nineveh from ISIS, Christians are looking to return to their abandoned villages. Under militant occupation, churches and Christian homes...
Archbishop of Canterbury intervenes to save Iraqi Christian from deportationJanuary 24, 2017 — ICC Note: The Archbishop of Canterbury is interceding on behalf of a Syriac Christian man who fled Mosul when it was first invaded by ISIS in 2014. The man now...
Chaldean Archbishop to Iraqi Catholics: Stay Put and Be StrongJanuary 23, 2017 — ICC Note: After two years of ISIS rule and the mass exodus of Christians from the region, one Chaldean archbishop is encouraging the rest to stay and help rebuild the...
