Assyrian Candidate in Turkish Election Vows to Fight for Rights

By Evrim Kurdoğlu

As Turkey heads to presidential and parliamentary elections on June 24, one party has stood out for the diversity of its candidates.

We Will Remain in Syria, We Will Defend it and Defeat Terrorism: Syriac Orthodox Patriarch

Syriac Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All East held mass on Friday evening at the St. George Cathedral in Bab Touma, Damascus, to mark the 103rd anniversary of the Seyfo massacres carried out by the Ottomans against Syriacs.

Turkey Says Its Air Strikes Killed 35 Kurdish Militants in Northern Iraq

ANKARA (Reuters) -- Turkish warplanes killed 35 militants from the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in air strikes in northern Iraq's Qandil mountain region on Friday, the Turkish military said.

Transformation of Iraqi Assyrian Village a Warning About Anti-Christian Tides

By Inés San Martín

SHAQLAWA, Iraq -- Heroic efforts are underway to guarantee the continued presence of Christianity in Iraq, particularly on the northern Nineveh Plains, a land dotted with monasteries built in the fifth, sixth and seventh centuries.

Iraq Stuck in an Electoral Quagmire

By Diana Moukalled

Iraqis did not linger long on analyzing the causes of the fire that ripped through Iraq's biggest ballot-box warehouse, destroying the ballot papers filled in by a large segment of the electorate in the May elections.

Vice President Pence Tackles Stalled Iraqi Aid Plan

Amid disturbing news reports that delivery of vital U.S. assistance for persecuted Iraqi Christians and Yazidis had stalled, Vice President Mike Pence renewed the groundbreaking pledge he made back in October, when he announced that aid for underserved religious minorities would bypass the United...