(AINA) -- The Patriarch of the Syrian Orthodox Church, His Holiness Ignatius Aphrem II, delivered the following message concerning the persecution of Assyrians in Iraq by ISIS.
(Reuters) -- A new map is being drawn across the plains of northern Iraq as Sunni militants of the Islamic State purge the rural landscape of religious and ethnic minorities that have co-existed for hundreds of years.
The plight of Christians and other minority groups in northern Iraq has taken a turn for the worse, according to reports, as thousands fleeing regions controlled by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, have been robbed of their possessions at ISIS checkpoints.
Iraqi Christians are begging for help from the civilized world after Mosul, the northern city where they have lived and worshiped for 2,000 years, was purged of non-Muslims by ISIS, the jihadist terror group that claims to have established its own nation in the region.
Beirut -- The Greek Orthodox Patriarchate Wednesday condemned the attacks on Mosul's Christians, calling on states funding extremist organizations to stop immediately. "We strongly ...
The past decade has been catastrophic for the Arab world's beleaguered 12 million strong Christian minority. In Egypt revolution and counter-revolution have been accompanied by a series of anti-Copt riots, killings and church burnings.