Iraqi Christians Confront Painful Memories in Town’s Clean-UpDecember 13, 2016 — ICC Note: Iraqi Christians returning to Qaraqosh are finding little reason to stay and restart life, as two years of ISIS occupation has all but destroyed the town. The Immaculate...
Between the fronts – Christians in IraqDecember 8, 2016 — ICC Note: Qaraqosh was liberated this fall with Iraqi Security forces and the US backed coalition cleared ISIS from the town limits on their way to Mosul. Now, Christians who...
Ransomed: The freeing of 226 Christians from Islamic StateDecember 6, 2016 — ICC Note: In February 2015, the Islamic State in Syria captured over 200 Christians in the Khabur River villages in a single night. Now almost two years later, millions of...
ISIS Sex Slave Survivor Told Jihadists Who Raped Her: ‘No Religion Accepts What They Did’December 5, 2016 — ICC Note: A sex slave survivor of The Islamic State in Iraq has spoken before the UN recounting the atrocities committed against her and fellow women in Iraq. Starting in...
Water shortage poses risk of deadly disease in Iraq’s MosulDecember 1, 2016 — ICC Note: Citizens in Mosul are now facing a new catastrophic threat with widespread water shortages across the city. Up to 500k civilians do not have access to clean drinking...
Their town now liberated, Iraqi Christians talk of life under ISISNovember 29, 2016 — ICC Note: When ISIS overran the plains of Nineveh in 2014, some 100+ Christians were missing from the escaped villagers of surrounding towns. Now, as many of these towns have...
Iraqi Christian Teen Recreating Ancient Assyrian Art Destroyed by ISISNovember 24, 2016 — ICC Note: A 17-year-old displaced Iraqi Christian is fighting back against ISIS’s genocide by recreating ancient artifacts destroyed by the group. Nenous Thabit is a sculptor and artist looking to...
ISIS Crucifies Christian Man, Forces Family to Watch: ‘If You Love Jesus, You Will Die Like Jesus’November 24, 2016 — ICC Note: When Esam escaped Iraq, his relatives were trapped inside Qaraqosh while ISIS invaded and overtook the Christians village. His brother in law was reportedly tortured for hours before...
Iraqi Christians want to document IS crimesNovember 23, 2016 — ICC Note: Iraqi security forces have succeeded in liberating many Christian villages from the Islamic State militants in their efforts to retake the city of Mosul. But now, Christians fear...
ISIS Inciting Muslims to Betray Their Christian Neighbors, Destroying Trust, Bishop SaysNovember 22, 2016 — ICC Note: Bishop Francis Kalabat has explained how ISIS exploited Muslims in the territories they overtook by turning them against their Christian neighbors further fueling the genocide against religious minorities....
Under the shadow of IS: Iraqi Christians tell of crucifixions, torture, sex slaveryNovember 22, 2016 — ICC Note: As ISIS is being driven out of Iraqi territories, more horrific stories are emerging unveiling life under the caliphate. In one case, a Christian named Karlus, 29, describes...
Paranoid ISIS Leader Sleeps With Suicide Vest, as Iraqi Army Advances in MosulNovember 21, 2016 — ICC Note: As Iraqi security forces push further into key parts of Mosul city, top IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is reportedly becoming more paranoid. An informant has said that...
ISIS Mass Grave Found Containing 300 Bodies Massacred by JihadistsNovember 19, 2016 — ICC Note: Iraqi forces have uncovered a mass grave containing at least 300 bodies massacred by ISIS militants. According to witnesses the mass executions took place at the end of...
‘Coming back’ – a poem scribbled on a church wall in HomsNovember 19, 2016 — ICC Note: Homs, Syria has recently been liberated from Islamic fighters at some point during the almost six year civil war. A faded message written on a church wall speaks...
Iraq Christians tell tales of survival in the ‘caliphate’November 18, 2016 — ICC Note: As Iraqi security forces continue to liberate Mosul and it’s surrounding areas, new stories are emerging from the region of Christians who survived the two year occupation. When...
Ancient City of Nimrud in Bible’s Book of Genesis Destroyed by ISIS (Photos)November 17, 2016 — ICC Note: The Iraqi army are cleared the ancient city of Calah of the Islamic State occupants. After regaining control of the Assyrian city, fighters found that the militants had...
