Iraqi PM Seeks To Revitalize Reconstruction Process

August 20, 2021 — 08/20/2021 Iraq (International Christian Concern) - Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi chaired a cabinet meeting in Mosul to discuss the restoration process following the destruction in the aftermath of the...

Turkey Hides New Conflicts Behind Afghanistan Crisis

August 18, 2021 — President Erdogan’s Taliban Comments Come to Fruition 08/18/2021 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that since Kabul’s fall on August 15, 2021, Turkey has...

Middle East Religious Freedom Conditions Worsen with Kabul Fall

August 16, 2021 —

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Remembering ISIS’s Rise, Regional Christians Express Concern 08/16/2021 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that the fall of Kabul,...

Iraq’s Largest Repatriation of Looted Artifacts Completed

August 16, 2021 — 08/16/2021 Iraq (International Christian Concern) – Around 17,000 looted artifacts were returned to Iraq in early August in an effort to restore the history back to its rightful country. Most of...

ICC Provides Business Aid for a Disabled Believer in Iraq

August 14, 2021 —

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08/14/2021 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Mukhles, who was born with a disability that left him mute and deaf, lives in Qeraqosh, Iraq with...

Iraq Launches 5 Year Human Rights Plan

August 13, 2021 — 08/13/2021 Iraq (International Christian Concern) – Iraq adopted a five-year plan for the protection and building of human rights on July 26. The new Human Rights National Action Plan was launched...

Turkey-PKK Fighting Evacuates 20 Iraqi Villages In 2021 Alone

August 8, 2021 — 08/08/2021 Iraq (International Christian Concern) – In 2021 alone, six civilians have been killed and 20 villages evacuated in Iraq as a result of Turkey and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party...

Miss Iraq Title Crowned To Christian Survivor Of ISIS

August 7, 2021 — 08/07/2021 Iraq (International Christian Concern) – Seven years ago at the beginning of August, the Islamic State (ISIS) began its conquest and genocide starting in northern Iraq. Since the defeat...

Iraq Ill-Equipped For Third Wave Of Virus

July 31, 2021 — 07/31/2021 Iraq (International Christian Concern) – ISIS decimated Iraq and just as the country was turning towards recovery, the COVID-19 pandemic struck and complicated recovery even more. One of Mosul’s major...

ICC Provides Small Business Support in Iraq

July 19, 2021 —

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07/19/2021 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Nael, Stephan, and Dani grew up together in Qeraqosh, but were all displaced in 2014 when ISIS swept...

Turkish Airstrikes Scorch Northern Iraq Christian Villages

July 18, 2021 — 07/18/2021 Iraq (International Christian Concern) – Turkish airstrikes in northern Iraq began a fire on July 6, with firefighters unable to adequately address the burning due to security concerns access...

Militias Harass Mosul Residents

July 2, 2021 — 07/02/2021 Iraq (International Christian Concern) – Despite ISIS being driven from Mosul four years ago, the city remains has struggled to rebuild as powerful state-endorsed and Iranian-backed PMF militias control...

Iranian-Backed Militia Groups Targeted by US Airstrikes

June 29, 2021 — 06/28/2021 Iraq (International Christian Concern) – At the orders of President Joe Biden, the United States military has conducted airstrikes against Iranian-backed militia groups in Iraq and Syria. These bombings, which...

Rays of Hope in a Sea of Violence

June 28, 2021 —

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06/28/2021 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – The culmination of the 2003 invasion of Iraq saw...

Iraqi Christian Villagers Displaced by Turkey-PKK Fighting

June 25, 2021 — 06/25/2021 Iraq (International Christian Concern) – Fighting between Turkey and the PKK in northern Iraq continues to displace remote Christian villagers. Navkandalan is another example, located in Zakho, northern Dohuk, where...

Iraqi Christians Strained Post COVID-19 and Years of War

June 20, 2021 — 06/20/2021 Iraq (International Christian Concern) – Bishop Yaldo of Baghdad recently shared about the hope that his church is experiencing after pandemic restrictions and years of war. A first communion...