28 hours: Leading the Mosul attack, under fire, then trappedNovember 7, 2016 — ICC Note: An incredible first hand account of the operation to liberate Mosul from ISIS. CNN correspondent, Arwa Damon, recalls the 28 hours she and a team of Iraqi security...
Iraqi Christians Worship Amid Charred Church Ruins for First Time Since LiberationNovember 5, 2016 — ICC Note: The Church of the Immaculate Conception in Qaraqosh, Iraq was full of Christians to celebrate mass after more than two years of occupation by the Islamic State. The...
ISIS pamphlets detail shocking teachings on treatment of sex slavesNovember 4, 2016 — ICC Note: Pamphlets found in liberated villages in Northern Iraq detail outlines on how ISIS militants are to treat female sex slaves. The colorful handbooks apparently exist to help jihadists...
A Miracle Amidst the Struggle to Liberate MosulNovember 3, 2016 — By Sandra Elliot 11/03/2016 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) - October 16 marked the beginning of what could easily be considered one of the most anticipated military operations in recent...
ISIS Hiding Bombs in Teddy Bears to Kill Children Returning Home to MosulNovember 3, 2016 — ICC Note: According to Peshmerga forces, ISIS is hiding bombs in children’s toys in liberated cities. The new draconian tactic is aimed at civilians returning to their homes. Coalition forces are seeing more and...
Post-ISIS, Middle East Christians fear other caliphates to comeOctober 31, 2016 — ICC Note: What will happen when ISIS is defeated in Iraq? Many Iraqi Christians fear the worse. While the plains of Nineveh are historically Christian homelands, the leaders of Iraq...
ISIS’ New Propaganda Video Shows Killings of Christians, Crucifixions, Cubs of the Caliphate Executing CaptivesOctober 31, 2016 — ICC Note: As the Islamic State is engaged in a losing battle against the coalition forces in Iraq, it has released a new graphic video propagating their enduring caliphate and...
Mosul Today: UN says IS using thousands as human shieldsOctober 29, 2016 — ICC Note: As the operation to liberate mosul is in its second week, ground forces are seeing the terrorizing battle tactics of the militants. The UN is reporting that ISIS...
Christians Martyred by ISIS: 1,131October 28, 2016 — ICC Note: A report submitted by Knights of Columbus and In Defense of Christians outlines the specifics of the Islamic State genocide against Christians and other minorities in Iraq and...
Cathedral Lit Red In Solidarity With Persecuted ChristiansOctober 27, 2016 — ICC Note: The Brentwood Cathedral along with the Westminster Cathedral and Westminster Abbey will now be floodlit in red this November to bring awareness to the persecution of Christians in...
Displaced Iraqi Christians Fearful of Returning Home Even After ISIS Is Defeated, Says Christian Aid WorkerOctober 26, 2016 — ICC Note: It has been over two years since Christians fled Mosul and surrounding regions due to the invasion of the Islamic State. Now with the coalition offensive working to...
Near Mosul, church bells ring out in a Christian town freed from terrorOctober 24, 2016 — ICC Note: Bartella, an ancient Christian town in Iraq, was reclaimed from ISIS on Saturday, Oct. 22. The question now remains, will Christians return to their homes? Bells rang out...
Mosul battle: IS ‘may use civilians as human shields’October 21, 2016 — ICC Note: As a coalition of forces began its advance on Mosul on Monday, UN human rights office says that ISIS forced 200 families from a neighboring town into the...
Facts about Iraq’s Christians as they fete army advanceOctober 20, 2016 — ICC Note: As the fight to retake Mosul is on its way in Iraq, Christians wait anxiously to see if they might be able to return home after two years....
‘Accelerated targeting’ of ‘disproportionately suffering’ Middle East ChristiansOctober 19, 2016 — ICC Note: About 50 percent of the Christian population has left Syria while approximately 80 percent of the Christian population of Iraq has left. The remaining Christian are reportedly being...
Christians Of Syria And Iraq Face ‘Cataclysmic Crisis’October 13, 2016 — ICC Note: A new report by Open Doors and Middle East Concern explains the plight of Christians in Iraq and Syria as ‘cataclysmic.’ The very existence of Christianity in these...
