Tag: syriac

Iraq Bishops Meeting to Address ISIS Threat – ACN

Aid to the Church in Need, Posted 2014-06-24 Catholic bishops from Iraq are meeting this week to come up with a “rescue plan” amid growing fears that the ISIS Islamist attacks have…

Mosul Christians Out of the City for Good – RUDAW.net

By Judit Neurink 19/6/2014  BARDARASH, Kurdistan Region – There is no place for them in an Islamic state, say Christians who fled Iraq’s second city of Mosul for safer areas controlled by…

Iraqi Christians find refuge in ancient monastery | Al Jazeera America

Fleeing Christians find shelter in St. Matthew’s Monastery in northern Iraq, a place of refuge since the fourth century June 17, 2014, by Jane Arraf @janearraf                                 Perched on the side of a…