TURKEY – Erdogan’s agenda: Neo-Ottoman ambition or pan-Islamist zeal?
The Jerusalem Post | Lela Gilbert | June 28, 2020 Turkish aggression in at least five countries has been headlined in international news reports just this month, June 2020. These…
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…
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…
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
SYRIA – Three al-Qaeda terrorists caught trying to enter US with Colombian passports
SOFREP | Steve Balestrieri | January 24, 2020 Three members of the al-Qaeda terrorist group were stopped and apprehended trying to fly into Dallas while using passports from Colombia. The three entered…
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…
U.K./Syria – No Christians Allowed: Muslim UN Officials Block Syrian Christian Refugees from Getting Help
CBN News | Dale Hurd | Dec. 4, 2019 LONDON – Christian Syrian refugees have told CBN News that they have been blocked from getting help from the United Nations…
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…
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…
RELEASE – Save the Persecuted Christians’ Coalition Partners Sending Much-Needed Aid to Syria
For Immediate Release | October 30, 2019 The Shai Fund, Christ’s Mandate for Missions, Indigenous Ministries and The Nazarene Fund Giving Food and Other Aid in Northeast Syria, Hit the…
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…
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…
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, ISIS – Database: over 40 former ISIS members now part of Turkish-backed forces
Aug. 8, 2019 | Rojava Information Center Over 40 former ISIS members now working in Afrin as part of Turkish-backed forces have been identified in a new database, published today…
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…
TURKEY – Defense Sources: Turkey Aiding Islamic State Resurgence
Aug. 4, 2019 | Breitbart | Aaron Klein TEL AVIV — Turkey has been working to bring thousands of Islamic State fighters to the region to launch campaigns in Iraq…
SYRIA – Car Bomb Strikes Syrian Christian Church
Several Injured and Multiple Buildings Damaged in Bombing 7/11/19 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on July 11, 2019, a car bomb exploded next…
MIDDLE EAST – The Impossible Future of Christians in the Middle East
The Atlantic | Emma Green | May 23, 2019 The call came in 2014, shortly after Easter. Four years earlier, Catrin Almako’s family had applied for special visas to the…
SYRIA – Syriac Christians see Turkey’s safe zone plans an existential threat
Syriac Christians, a religious group in Syria, reject the creation of a safe zone Turkey plans to establish in northern Syria due to Ottoman atrocities in the past, sociologist Amy Austin Holmes said in the…
MIDDLE EAST – ACN announces million-pound aid package for Middle East Christians
Independent Catholic News | March 11, 2019 ACN project partner Sr Annie Demerjian with Lucine, 85, from Aleppo, Syria, and volunteer Fadi. © Aid to the Church in Need Source:…