Turkey Launches Latest Offensive Against PKK in IraqMay 5, 2022 — 05/05/2022 Iraq (International Christian Concern) – As a result of the Turkish offensive and conflict with the PKK, at least eight predominantly Christian villages in the Amedi region of Duhok province...
New Turkey Report Details Human Rights ViolationsDecember 27, 2021 — 12/27/2021 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – A new report details the human rights violations Turkey has committed in recent years against its minority ethnic and religious groups. The report, completed by...
Iraqi Christian Villages Emptied by Fear of Turkish AttacksNovember 21, 2021 — 11/21/2021 Iraq (International Christian Concern) – Christian and Kurdish villages in northern Iraq continue to fear Turkish bombardment as well as the COVID-19 pandemic. On the evening of November 6, Turkish...
Looming Turkish Offensive Threatens SyriansNovember 15, 2021 — 11/15/2021 Syria (International Christian Concern) – Syrians fear a looming new offensive by Turkey and its mercenaries in the northeast autonomous Kurdish region of Rojava. The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have...
Assyrian Christians Worship In Syria Despite Recent Turkish BombardmentAugust 23, 2021 — 08/23/2021 Syria (International Christian Concern) – Assyrian Christians gathered last Sunday to celebrate the Assumption of Mary, despite the recent escalation of Turkish bombardment. Hundreds of Tel Tamer residents gathered to...
Turkey-PKK Fighting Evacuates 20 Iraqi Villages In 2021 AloneAugust 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...
US Congressmen Urge Suspension of Drone Exports to TurkeyJuly 27, 2021 — 06/27/2021 Washington, DC (International Christian Concern) – Key members of the United States government have finally recognized Turkey’s persistently troublesome drone activity throughout the Middle East in recent years as...
Turkish Airstrikes Scorch Northern Iraq Christian VillagesJuly 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...
USCIRF Condemns Turkish Bombing of Christian Village in IraqJune 3, 2021 — 06/03/2021 Iraq (International Christian Concern) – In the early morning hours of Tuesday, May 25, residents of Miska, a small Christian community in the Kurdistan region of Northern Iraq, were...
Turkey Uses Chemical Weapons in IraqMay 8, 2021 — 05/08/2021 Iraq (International Christian Concern) – Turkish forces have reportedly used chemical weapons in northern Iraq three times at the end of April. The strikes came in Kurdistan Iraq in the...
Turkish-Iranian Tensions Rise in IraqApril 26, 2021 — 04/26/2021 Iraq (International Christian Concern) – A Turkish soldier was killed at a remote military base just outside of Mosul by a supposed Iranian-backed militia airstrike in early April. The base...
Turkey Seeks to Neutralize PKK Threat in IraqFebruary 22, 2021 — 02/22/2021 Iraq (International Christian Concern) – Iraq condemned Turkey’s recent incursion into Iraqi territory in Nineveh Governorate. A member of parliament claimed that Turkey does not have the authority to deploy...
1,700 Assyrian Church Damaged as Christians Caught in the Middle of “War zone”February 2, 2016 — ICC NOTE: Conflict broke out among Turkish forces and members of the sectarian Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) in the Diyarbakir's Sur district of Turkey. As the battle ensued the Virgin...
