Kurds Archives

World faces difficult task in seeking lasting peace in Syrian conflict

Catholic News Service, Church in the Middle East
Oct 20, 2019

Turkey’s long-threatened incursion into northeast Syria after the sudden pullout of U.S. military forces from the country in early October raises serious moral questions on the responsibility to protect civilians caught in the middle of a new conflict.

Syria crisis tests Trump’s global religious freedom vows

Associated Press, Church in the US
Oct 19, 2019

The Turkish invasion of northern Syria in the wake of President Donald Trump’s troop withdrawal from the region could put to the test Trump’s stated commitment to global freedom of worship for religious minorities.

Pompeo talks religious freedom in Nashville speech

Associated Press, Church in the US
Oct 12, 2019

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday continued to raise the alarm about religious freedoms around the world, receiving a warm welcome in Tennessee as his department faced heightened scrutiny amid the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump.

Christians in northeast Syria appeal for prayer for safety

Catholic News Service, Church in the Middle East
Aug 17, 2019

Groups representing Christians in northeast Syria are appealing for prayer, fearful that Turkey plans to make good its numerous threats to invade the region with its military forces.

Transformation of Iraqi village a warning about anti-Christian tides

Crux on the Nineveh Plains
Jun 16, 2018

An Iraqi village is an advance warning about what life may be like here and across the region if tides of anti-Christian hostility don’t recede.

Christian activists say militias target religious minorities in Syria

Catholic News Service, Global Church
Mar 16, 2018

Jihadists allied with Turkey are hunting down religious minorities to kill them in Syria’s northwest, Christian activists warn, as Turkey and its allies have encircled the Kurdish-held town of Afrin and are relentlessly pushing through.