Syrian Civil War Reaches 9 Years

March 15, 2020 — 03/15/2020 Syria (International Christian Concern) – Today marks the anniversary for the start of the Syrian Civil War in 2011. The passage of 9 years of conflict has left the...

Trials for ISIS Members Will Begin in March

February 20, 2020 — 02/20/2020 Syria (International Christian Concern) – The Kurdish-led Autonomous Administration of Northeast Syria has announced that with the support of the Finnish Government, a special court will be established next...

Syrian Conflict Takes Aim at Armenians

February 17, 2020 — 02/17/2020 Syria (International Christian Concern) – The Syrian Parliament recognized the massacre of Armenian Christians in 1915 as genocide on Thursday, a recognition which many recognize as political maneuvering against...

Nineveh Prepares to Accept Thousands of ISIS Members

February 16, 2020 — 02/16/2020 Iraq (International Christian Concern) – A lawmaker in Iraq’s Nineveh Governorate announced that plans are well underway to establish a new camp in the NE part of the province...

ISIS in Syria May Face Local Tribunal

February 3, 2020 — 02/03/2020 Syria (International Christian Concern) – The Autonomous Administration of Northeast Syria has announced their intentions of launching a local tribunal to hold ISIS militants accountable within the next three...

Nineveh Plains Transitional Justice Report: January

February 3, 2020 —

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02/03/2020 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – The New Year opened with an unexpected airstrike in...

Journalistic Investigation into Priests’ Disappearances

January 16, 2020 — 01/16/2020 Syria (International Christian Concern) – A private team led by a Syrian researcher has published the results of a journalistic investigation that traces the story of two bishops of...

334 ISIS Members Released

January 10, 2020 — 01/10/2019 Syria (International Christian Concern) – The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have released 334 ISIS members over the course of this week, following days of discussion with Arab tribal leaders...

Family of Slain Armenian Priests Mourn Christmas

December 28, 2019 — 12/28/2019 Syria (International Christian Concern) – The family of two Syrian Armenian priests assassinated by the Islamic State last month are not celebrating the Christmas season, according to an interview...

Damascus, the Capital of Christmas?

December 17, 2019 — 12/17/2019 Syria (International Christian Concern) – Some Arabic news outlets report a brewing of tensions in Damascus as the Syrian government decorates the city as part of their Damascus the...

Death of a Democracy

November 21, 2019 — By Linda Burkle, PhD The US Commission of International Religious Freedom’s 2019 Annual report included Syria as a “country of particular concern.” While ISIS was ostensibly defeated in 2017,...

Turkish Promises to Restore Churches Fall Short

November 16, 2019 — 11/16/2019 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – During a press conference at the White House, Turkish President Erdogan promised that his country would restore damaged Syrian churches along the border. This...

Syrian Christians Caught Between ISIS and Turkey

November 13, 2019 — 11/13/2019 Syria (International Christian Concern) – Yesterday, the Armenian Christian community of Qamishli gathered to hold the funeral of two priests killed by ISIS on Monday. A deacon who was...

Two Syrian Armenian Priests Gunned Down, One Wounded

November 11, 2019 — ISIS Takes Credit for Violent Attack Against Armenian Church Leaders 11/11/19 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on November 11, 2019, gunmen affiliated with...

Syrian Christian Villages Evacuate

November 11, 2019 — 11/11/2019 Syria (International Christian Concern) – A number of Syrian Christians living in villages throughout the Tal Tamir / Khabour area have evacuated, according to various local news sources. For...

Conflict Intensifies in Christian Areas of Syria

November 4, 2019 — 11/04/2019 Syria (International Christian Concern) – Conflict as a consequence of the Turkish invasion into northern Syria last month has intensified in the Khabur river region, areas which are home...