SYRIA – Reminder of Persecution in Syria
International Christian Concern | June 25, 2020 On Monday, the terrorist group HTS (Hayat Tahrir al-Sham) detained one of its own former commanders for defecting. HTS raided the house of…
SYRIA – ISIS Attacks Increase in NE Syria
International Christian Concern | June 8, 2020 According to research published by the Washington Institute, the Syrian province of Deir al-Zour has experienced 638 ISIS attacks since March 2019. This…
SYRIA – Turkey Cuts Water Supply for NE Syria
International Christian Concern | March 24, 2020 Turkish sponsored armed groups have cut the water supply this weekend which provides water to 460,000 people living in Syria’s Hasakah province. The…
SYRIA – ‘Let Nothing Disturb You’ — Syrian Priest and Former ISIS Hostage Finds Hope
NCR | Solne Tadi | March 6, 2020 Father Jacques Mourad spent five months in the jails of Islamic State militants, in constant danger of death. One day after the Palmyra offensive,…
TURKEY – Some concerned Turkish president is weaponizing Syrian refugees
Crux | Dale Gavlak | March 5, 2020 Turkey and Greece are trading blame following the deaths of Syrian refugees trying to flee to Europe, but some observers believe Turkish…
WORLDWIDE – Middle East patriarchs discuss plight of Christian minorities with Pope Francis
Catholic News Agency | Hannah Brockhaus | February 7, 2020 Six Catholic patriarchs from Lebanon, Syria, Egypt, and Iraq met with Pope Francis at the Vatican Friday to discuss the…
SYRIA – Christians in northeast Syria living in fear as Turkish forces, IS group active in region
France 24 English | February 7, 2020 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79IxYKmAc3o&feature=youtu.be
RELEASE – 2020 Open Doors World Watch List Heightens Urgency of Persecuted Christians Worldwide
For Immediate Release | January 17, 2020 Save the Persecuted Christians Points to Nigeria’s Unchanged Ranking, Even Amid Especially Violent Year in African Nation WASHINGTON—Open Doors USA, a community of…
USA/IRAQ/SYRIA – Career Officials Thwart Aid to Christian, Yazidi Genocide Victims
Real Clear Politics | Susan Crabtree | Dec. 11, 2019 In the summer of 2014, the vicious Islamic State campaign against Yazidis and Christians in Iraq convinced President Obama to…
SYRIA – The story of a priest held hostage by Isis
Vatican News | Dec. 5, 2019 Father Jacques Mourad is a Syrian-Catholic priest. In 2015, he spent five months as a hostage of jihadist terrorists in Syria. He describes it…
HUNGARY – Assyrian Patriarchs Address Christian Persecution Conference in Hungary
Assyrian Patriarchs Address Christian Persecution Conference in Hungary AINA | Bar Daisan | Nov. 28, 2019 Patriarch of the Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch Ignatius Aphrem II. ( Syriac Patriarchate)…
USA – US-born Alabama woman who joined ISIS is not an American citizen, judge rules
Fox News | Louis Casiano | Nov. 14, 2019 A federal judge ruled Thursday that an American-born woman who traveled to Syria to join the Islamic State (ISIS) group and now wants…
SYRIA – Call for prayer following murders of Christians
Middle East Concern | Nov. 12, 2019 The Middle East Council of Churches is leading calls for renewed prayer for Syria, following the murder of a church leader and his…
SOUTH AFRICA/SYRIA
IPA News | Nov. 8, 2019 Hundreds of trade union and political party members took to the street of Pretoria on Thursday in protest against Turkey’s military operation against Kurds…
SYRIA – The Plight of Ancient Christians in Northeast Syria
FaithWire |Sanharab Barsoum | Nov. 7, 2019 The views expressed in this commentary piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Faithwire. Outside of Tel…
SYRIA – The Road from Damascus: How a Syrian Christian Spoke at Harvard’s Commencement
Christianity Today | Ryan Burge | Nov. 7, 2019 Following Turkey’s recent incursion into Syria and establishment of a “safe zone” in coordination with Russia, the beleaguered nation faces another…
REPORT – Persecuted and forgotten? Ancient Christian communities in north-east Syria after the US evacuation
The Tablet | Nov. 7, 2019 Donald Trump’s decision to order the evacuation of remaining US forces from north-east Syria might have sealed the fate of its age-old Christian communities…
SYRIA – Volunteer medic killed in Turkey’s Syrian invasion
Jerusalem Post | Seth J. Frantzman | Nov.4, 2019 UN secretary-general was in Turkey over the weekend and appeared to support Turkey’s operation, while NATO has called for restraint November…
TURKEY – As Turkey Invades Northeast Syria, Christians There Are on the Brink
National Review | Oct. 31, 2019 America, Russia, and the Syrian government are standing down. The Armenian genocide of last century turns out to be only the beginning. After decades…
USA / SYRIA – Why Christians in the U.S. should be ‘truly frantic’
Baptist News | Jeff Brumley | Oct. 30, 2019 Headlines about Turkey’s October offensive in northern Syria have all but faded. But the danger is far from over for Christians…
USA – Anti-IS coalition to meet in Washington on November 14, US says
Times of Israel | Oct. 29, 2019 WASHINGTON — More than 30 nations fighting the Islamic State group will gather in Washington on November 14 in a French-initiated meeting as…
SYRIA / USA – Baghdadi Operation Named After Christian Woman Who Refused to Give Up Faith Before ISIS Killed Her
FaithWire | Emily Jones | Oct. 28, 2019 The US military operation that resulted in the death of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was dedicated to Kayla Mueller, a young…
SYRIA / NIGERIA – Hold Some of the Champagne on Al-Baghdadi
Center for Security Policy | Frank Gaffney | Oct. 28, 2019 This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute. America achieved an important victory over the Islamic State yesterday…
USA / SYRIA – Remarks by President Trump on the Death of ISIS Leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
The White House | Oct. 27, 2019 https://youtu.be/GYzNpv-7F7M THE PRESIDENT: Last night, the United States brought the world’s number one terrorist leader to justice. Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is dead. He…
SYRIA – Christians face new threat in Syria
The Catholic Register | Michael Swan | Oct. 26, 2019 For Christians in Syria and Iraq, Turkey’s invasion into Syria could be the tipping point to drive them out and…
SYRIA – ISIS target believed to be Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is killed in Syria: sources
Fox News |Dom Calicchio | Oct. 26, 2019 The Islamic State group leader who reportedly had a $25 million bounty on his head is believed to have been killed in Syria.…
IRAQ / SYRIA – Report: Persecution in Iraq Down After Loss of 90% of Nation’s Christians
Breitbart | Frances Martel | Oct. 24, 2019 Christian persecution in Iraq and Syria has decreased dramatically in the aftermath of the fall of the Islamic State, a report published…
TURKEY / SYRIA – Turkey-Backed Jihadists in Syria Kidnap, Murder, and Desecrate
Middle East Forum | Seth Frantzman | Oct. 24, 2019 Still frame from a video showing members of the Turkish-backed Faylaq al-Majd militia desecrating the corpse of a female Kurdish…
SYRIA – ‘There Won’t be Christians Left’: Syrian Christians Fear Grim Future in Shadow of Turkey’s Invasion
CBN NEWS | Chris Mitchell | Oct. 21, 2019 JERUSALEM, Israel - A spokesman for the Kurdish-led Syrian Defense Forces (SDF) says they have completely evacuated fighters from a besieged…
TURKEY / SYRIA – Syrian Democratic Forces Commander Says Turkey Violated the Ceasefire Order
BreakPoint | Christian Headlines | Oct. 21, 2019 The commander of the Syrian Democratic Forces says Turkey has “violated” the ceasefire order. According to Fox News, Gen. Mazloum Abdi also…
TURKEY / SYRIA – Christians of NE Syria Plead: “Don’t Let Turkey Drive Christianity Out”
Stream | The Syriac National Council of Syria | Oct. 18, 2019 On Sunday, October 6, U.S. President Trump issued a statement. It gave Turkey the green light to carry…
TURKEY/SYRIA – Turkish planes bomb Syria, causing panic among Christians, others
Crux | Dale Gavlak | Oct. 9, 2019 A Turkish milItary convoy is pictured in Kilis near the Turkish-Syrian border Oct. 9, 2019. Turkish warplanes have begun attacking northeastern Syria,…
TURKEY/SYRIA – Trump shifts tone on Turkey in effort to halt Syria invasion
AP NEWS | Oct. 8, 2019 WASHINGTON (AP) — In a span of 24 hours, President Donald Trump moved from threatening to obliterate Turkey’s economy if it invades Syria to…
MIDDLE EAST – Brownback: Christianity’s future in Middle East has reached defining moment
CRUX | Josephine von Dohlen | Sept. 13, 2019 In a file photo, Sam Brownback, U.S. ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom and former Kansas governor, speaks during a forum addressing…
WORLDWIDE – “There Is No Christian Anymore in This Town”: Persecution of Christians
Gatestone Institute | Raymond Ibrahim | Aug. 25, 2019 Pictured: The small village of Sobane Da, in Mali, where at least 95 Christians were murdered by Fulani gunmen in June.…
IRAQ & SYRIA – The Extinction of Christians in the Middle East
Aug. 18, 2019 | Gatestone Institute | By Giulio Meotti Convert, pay or die. Five years ago, that was the "choice" the Islamic State (ISIS) gave to Christians in Mosul,…
SYRIA – Kurdish-Syrian ‘feminists’ form giant human shield to resist Turkish incursion
Aug. 9, 2019 | FoxNews | Hollie McKay When the threat of an attack looms, scores of Kurdish women in every major township in their carved out canton of Rojava…
SYRIA/TURKEY – US Officials Rush to Stop Turkish Invasion of Northeast Syria After Christians Plea for Help
Aug. 5, 2019 | CBN | Emily Jones JERUSALEM, Israel – US officials from the Department of Defense are going to Ankara, Turkey on Monday to dissuade President Recep Tayyip…
SYRIA – Jihadists rape, stone Christian woman to death in Syria
Christian and human rights groups reported over the last week that the 60-year-old Suzan Der Kirkour was found dead outside of her village, al-Yaqoubiyeh. An Islamist Syrian rebel group Jabhat…
RELEASE – Save the Persecuted Christians’ Moving Exhibits Part of Second Annual ‘Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom’
July 15, 2019 | ***NEWS RELEASE*** | For Immediate Release STPC Leaders Will Attend and Lead Sessions at Historic Gathering July 16-18 WASHINGTON—Save the Persecuted Christians (STPC), which advocates on…