Sixth Christian killed in Egypt’s Sinai in a monthFebruary 24, 2017 — ICC Note: Another Coptic Egyptian man has been gunned down in Al-Arish by suspected ISIS terrorists. Kamal Youssef, a local plumber and Christian, was shot multiple times in front of...
ISIS Horror: Mother Suspended by Cables, Raped Daily in Front of Her ChildrenFebruary 23, 2017 — ICC Note: More atrocious stories are emerging from liberated parts of Iraq. A Sunni Muslim recently recalled the torture she endured at the hands of Islamic State militants in captivity....
ISIS Radical Claiming to Have Raped 200 Women Explains: ‘Young Men Need This, It’s Normal’February 22, 2017 — ICC Note: Amar Hussein is a captured Islamic State militant who was recruited as a jihadists at 14 years of age. He has claimed to have raped over 200 women...
Prioritizing Christian Refugees Will Only Help ISIS Purge Christianity in the Middle East, Faith Leader WarnsFebruary 17, 2017 — ICC Note: US policy that would prioritize the resettlement of Christian refugees from the Middle East may ensure the completion of a goal by the Islamic State. That is pushing...
Turkey nightclub-massacre accused says he targeted ChristiansFebruary 15, 2017 — ICC Note: The man responsible with killing 39 people on New Year's Eve in Turkey has testified before a Turkish court saying his attack targeted Christians. Abdulkadir Masharipov had trained...
Assyrian Family Returns to Home in Nineveh PlainsFebruary 11, 2017 — ICC Note: An Assyrian family has returned to their home in Telsqof, Iraq after over two years of displacement by ISIS. While Christians still wonder if a future in Iraq...
Young Syrian tells how he survived ‘worst-case scenario’ of kidnap and torture by Islamic StateFebruary 10, 2017 — ICC Note: Meghrik was taken off a bus in Syria and placed before an ISIS judge. The verdict was death because he had a Christian name, though religion was nothing...
ISIS Kills 10-Y-O Girl Using Flesh-Ripping Torture DeviceFebruary 9, 2017 — ICC Note: ISIS has reportedly executed a 10-year-old girl for stepping out of her home without a male escort. What’s more terrifying, is the medieval device they used to torture...
ISIS Records Reveal Number of Girls Raped by Each JihadistFebruary 8, 2017 — ICC Note: New documents obtained by the Washington Post reveal much about the fighters involved with the Islamic State including their categorization by blood type and the qualifiers for each...
Liberation and Uncertainty Surround Iraq’s Christian CommunityFebruary 7, 2017 — By Sandra Elliot 02/03/2017 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) - “I will be thankful to God if we will be able to live with half of [the] happiness we used...
ISIS Chops Off Hands of 2 Children for Refusing to Kill Captives in Front of Their FamiliesFebruary 6, 2017 — ICC Note: Islamic State militants have reportedly chopped off the hands of two children who refused to execute civilians in a training program. The children were both between the ages...
Iraqi Palace Of Mirrors: Kurds Block Aid To Christian MilitiaFebruary 6, 2017 — ICC Note: While Kurds and Iraq Security forces continue to battle ISIS for Mosul, another narrative is being left out. The Nineveh Protection Unit (NPU), am armed Christian militia, is...
Devastated northern Iraq needs ‘new Marshall Plan’ for reconstructionFebruary 4, 2017 — ICC Note: Archbishop Bashar Warda of Erbil has unveiled a 2-3 year reconstruction plan for Iraqi Christians. Likening it to the Marshal Plan that rebuilt Europe after WWII, Warda is...
Cleaning up towns freed from IS ‘erases evidence of their crimes’February 3, 2017 — ICC Note: As cleaning efforts begin in liberated territories in Iraq, it is important to document the damage before fixing it. The world must know what ISIS did in these...
Church announces survival plan for Iraq’s suffering ChristiansFebruary 2, 2017 — ICC Note: Archbishop Basha Warda of Erbil has promised that Christians will stay and rebuild their lives in Iraq after ISIS is defeated. Churches will be rebuilt and homes will...
Sex Slave Survivor Raped by 12 Men: What ISIS Did to Us Can’t Be MentionedFebruary 2, 2017 — ICC Note: A Yazidi victim of ISIS’ human trafficking network has been testifying across Europe about the horrible fate she and so many others faced in Iraq and Syria. The...
