The Christians Disappearing from Biblical Lands

January 9, 2025 — By Linda Burkle, Ph.D., ICC Fellow In commemoration of Christ’s birth, millions of Christians have made a pilgrimage to the “Holy Land” throughout the years. This last Christmas season, of...

A Summary of What’s Unfolding in Syria

January 7, 2025 — By Joseph Daniel, ICC Fellow In just a few weeks, the Assad regime in Syria has shifted from seemingly maintaining a firm grip on an indefinite status quo to becoming...

Acting Government in Syria Announces Religious Changes to Curriculum

January 6, 2025 — 1/6/2025 Syria (International Christian Concern) — In a recent announcement on social media, Syria’s Ministry of Education published a series of proposed amendments to the national curriculum that some analysts...

Crude Consequences: The Hidden Cost of U.S. Oil Imports from Persecuting Nations

January 2, 2025 — 01/02/2025 Middle East (International Christian Concern) – Eight of the 12 members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) actively participate in or condone Christian persecution within their...

Masked Gunmen Burn Christmas Tree in Syria

December 27, 2024 — 12/27/2024 Syria (International Christian Concern) — Hundreds of Syrian Christians protested in response to the public burning of a Christmas tree in Al-Suqaylabiyah, a Greek Orthodox Christian city near the...

Greek Orthodox Church Attacked in Syria

December 20, 2024 — 12/20/2024 Syria (International Christian Concern) — Unidentified assailants on Wednesday attacked the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Hama in Western Syria as unrest continues to grip the nation. Gunmen shot the...

The Blind Spot of Christian Persecution

December 18, 2024 — By Dr. Greg Cochran, ICC Fellow Not long ago, I picked up some family members from the airport and drove home via several freeway interchanges — navigating freeways which, as...

Future of Religious Freedom in Syria Unclear Following Assad’s Ouster

December 11, 2024 — 12/11/2024 Syria (International Christian Concern) — After a blistering 11-day campaign from their strongholds in the north to Damascus, Syria’s capital in the south, rebel forces succeeded this weekend in...

Christians Fleeing Iran Struggle to Prove their Faith in Nearby Georgia

December 6, 2024 — 12/6/2024 Georgia (International Christian Concern) — After becoming a Christian, Jalal Darzi experienced persecution and was forced to flee Iran. Now he’s having trouble obtaining asylum in nearby Georgia because...

Syria: Where Christians are Targeted Amid Distabilizing Conflicts

December 4, 2024 — 12/3/2024 Syria (International Christian Concern) — Targeted by warring militaries fighting for territorial control, Syria’s religious minorities are regularly subjected to the worst violations imaginable. Only partially controlled by strongman...

Saudi Arabia: A Foundation for the Islamic Faith, Islamic Extremism

November 26, 2024 — 11/26/2024 Saudi Arabia (International Christian Concern) — The largest country in the Middle East is fueled by religious fundamentalism and enormous oil reserves that give the government outsized control over...

A Mother’s Prayer: Helping Vulnerable New Believers Find Confidence in Christ

November 25, 2024 — 11/25/2024 Middle East (International Christian Concern) – Nima, a widow living with her son, once worked as a vegetable seller and house cleaner. Her life took a painful turn when her...

Anti-Christian Hate Crimes Double During 2-Year Period in Turkey

November 20, 2024 — Turkey (International Christian Concern) — The number of anti-Christian hate crimes in Turkey more than doubled from 2021 to 2023, according to an International Christian Concern (ICC) analysis. According to...

Helping Armenian Christians Who Fled for Their Lives

November 14, 2024 — 11/14/2024 Armenia (International Christian Concern) – When we first met an Armenian refugee named Narine, she couldn’t stop crying. The trauma of her family’s forced exit from their ancestral homeland of...

COP29 Host Azerbaijan Accused of ‘Greenwashing’ Ancient Christian Territory

November 11, 2024 — 11/11/2024 Azerbaijan (International Christian Concern) — The COP29 climate change conference started today in Azerbaijan, a country known for its recent ethnic cleansing of Armenian Christians. The U.N. conference is...

Iranian Pastor Released from Prison Following International Outcry

November 8, 2024 — 11/8/2024 Iran (International Christian Concern) — After serving more than one year of his 10-year prison sentence, an Armenian-Iranian pastor recently gained freedom from Tehran’s Evin Prison following public outcry....