Hassaké (Agenzia Fides) – Christians in the north-eastern Syrian province of Jazira have ruled out any support regarding the creation of an autonomous Kurdish region in the area surrounding the towns of…
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By Ayla Jean Yackley MIDYAT, Turkey Fri Feb 28, 2014 (Reuters) – When Louis Bandak fled the violence in Syria, he sought refuge in the country his grandfather was forced to abandon…
A ragtag militia defends the community against Islamists and the Assad government. By Andrew Doran The Christian soldier extends his hand and greets me in Syriac with “shlomo” (peace) as he clutches…
Okan KONURALP ANKARA / Hürriyet – 27 February 2014 The return of the land of the monastery marks the largest property restoration in the history of the Turkish Republic in terms of…
Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) – The dramatic situation which Iraq is experiencing has prompted the country’s Catholic Bishops, yesterday in assembly, to urge the nation’s Christians and all Iraqis to react against sectarian…
By Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi Introduction When it comes to news reports on Christians in Syria, the general focus is on the concerns Christian civilians have about their future, if any, in the…
Authored by our member, M Thomas Antony (to whom many thanks for keeping the Society mindful of the Christian tradition of St Thomas in India and now its diaspora) on Saturday, February 15,…
Feb 21, Ken Hanly, Aleppo. Digital Journal Many Syrian Christians have already fled the country and those who have remained have mostly stayed out of the conflict even though they have often…
Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) – The Iraqi Ministry of Education has decided to include Syriac and Christian religious education in the currucula of 152 public schools in the provinces of Baghdad, Nineveh and…
Over the past 11 years, the Christian population in Iraq has decreased by more than 75%. It started to decline gradually after 2003, following the overall rise in violence and attacks targeting Christians. Before…