Baghdad -- The Ancient Church of the East formally inaugurated its new patriarchal headquarters in Iraq's capital on Saturday, 14 February 2026, in a ceremony that blended ecclesiastical tradition with state participation and underscored the enduring presence of one of the country's most historical Christian communities.
Matti Matti grew up in Ankawa, a Christian enclave outside of Erbil in Iraq's Kurdistan Region. He's witnessed the town change dramatically as Iraq's Christian population has collapsed, from 1.5 million in 2003 to fewer than 150,000 today. As many Assyrians, Chaldeans and Syriacs leave -- terms often used interchangeably -- others like Dilan Adamat have made the decision to return.
Speakers at the sixth annual International Religious Freedom Summit on Monday warned that religious freedom is rapidly deteriorating across several Middle Eastern countries, urging the United States, Western governments, and international bodies to take stronger action.
Esslingen, Germany -- The creativity and excellence of the Assyrian people across all fields of life, artistic, athletic, and scientific, are not confined by geographic or regional boundaries, but stem from the authenticity of this people and their contributions to human civilization since ancient times.
A religious freedom activist warns that the Assyrian Christian community in the Middle East "does not have a chance of survival" and offered sharp words of criticism at the sixth annual International Religious Freedom Summit, saying "the West has repeatedly failed Assyrian Christians.
When The Christian Post published my article, "When Christian worship is a crime: The deadliest era in modern history," it documented a reality many Christians around the world already know firsthand: worship itself has become dangerous. Believers are being targeted not for political activity or violence, but simply for gathering, praying, and living openly as followers of Christ.