Turkey Continue Threats to Invade Northeast SyriaJanuary 18, 2023 — 01/18/2023 Syria (International Christian Concern) – Turkey this week reiterated its intentions and threats to launch a ground invasion into northern Syria targeting the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) who they...
Why are Syrian Refugees Leaving Turkey?December 13, 2022 — 12/13/2022 Syria (International Christian Concern) – Over half a million refugees have left Turkey, and there are mixed thoughts on the mass exodus. Turkey is making claims that the reason...
Turkey Sends Airstrikes to Northern Syria and IraqNovember 21, 2022 — 11/21/2022 Turkey (International Christian Concern) – Turkey conducted military operations starting on Saturday the 19th in northern Syria and Iraq, mainly through airstrikes. This is in response to an explosion in...
Turkish-Backed Militants Increase AttacksDecember 10, 2020 — 12/10/2020 Syria (International Christian Concern) – Reports of Turkish-backed militants in Northern Syria intensifying local attacks continue increasing, and these incidents continue running parallel to reports of Turkey returning Syrian...
One Year Since Baghdadi’s DeathOctober 26, 2020 — 10/26/2020 Syria (International Christian Concern) – Today marks the one-year anniversary of a US military raid which left Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the self-declared Caliph and mastermind of ISIS, dead. A...
Do Christians Have a Home in Raqqa?February 23, 2020 — 02/23/2020 Syria (International Christian Concern) – Syria’s Religious Affairs Foundation in Raqqa, once the capital of the Islamic State, held its first Islamic forum earlier this month. The forum’s main...
600 Indonesian IS-Supporters to be Repatriated Back HomeFebruary 5, 2020 — 02/05/2020 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – According to Indonesia’s Minister for Religious Affairs Fachrul Razi, the Indonesian government is crafting a plan to repatriate about 600 Indonesian nationals who joined...
Tensions Remain High in NE SyriaNovember 23, 2019 — 11/23/2019 Syria (International Christian Concern) – The October invasion by Turkey into northeastern Syria continues to have significant repercussions for locals who belong to ethnic and religious minority groups. Turkish...
Syria’s Christian Villages Are Ghost TownsAugust 16, 2018 — ICC Note: As Syria’s eight-year civil war begins to slow, the absence of the country’s Christians is increasingly noticeable. In a residential area where ISIS kidnapped over 220 Christians, the...
How Should the West Interact With the Persecuted Church?June 2, 2017 — ICC Note Christians in the West often have a hard time knowing how to interact with the subject of persecution of Christians in the Middle East. It is easy to...
ICC Helps Create Legislation that Provides Aid to Christians in Middle EastJune 1, 2017 — ICC Note ICC worked tirelessly with lawmakers to create the Iraq and Syria Genocide Emergency Relief and Accountability Act. This bill will give relief resources and funding to Christians in...
Extinction of Christians in the Middle East will Occur Unless Action is TakenJune 1, 2017 — ICC Note Violence has increasingly been pushing Christians from their homes. According to the Barnabas Fund, Christians will cease to exist in the Middle East by 2022. Many of these...
Christians rescued from Middle East Muslim terrorJanuary 10, 2017 — ICC Note: Migrants from the Middle East are spread out across the world due to the state of their home nations. However, Christian migrants from the Middle East, who are...
Rita Panahi: Stand up for Christians who are under siegeDecember 20, 2016 — ICC Note: While Christians continue to suffer widespread persecution and elimination, the world seems to have become numb to the atrocities. There are places this year in the Middle East...
How the Response to 9/11 Affected Christians in the Middle EastSeptember 12, 2016 — ICC Note: This week marked the 15 anniversary of the 9/11 attacks against the US. At the time, the attacks warranted a strong military response from the US government. Now...
Alabama Congressman Calls for Targeting Aid to Christians in Iraq, SyriaJuly 19, 2016 — ICC Note: Alabama Congressman, Rep. Robert Aderholt, has requested the immediate and targeted humanitarian aid to Middle East minorities, namely Christians. Aderholt has done this through securing language in the...
