The head of the Iraqi government in Basra, Iraq’s main port city, has appealed to Iraqi Christians who fled the terrors of Islamic State to return home, and civil authorities are using the Christmas and New Year celebrations to try to
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The head of the Iraqi government in Basra, Iraq’s main port city, has appealed to Iraqi Christians who fled the terrors of Islamic State to return home, and civil authorities are using the Christmas and New Year celebrations to try to
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The region of Nineveh is one of the most ancient settlements of Christianity, going back nearly 2000 years. But, in August 2014, the town of Bartella, once home to thousands of Assyrian Christians, was emptied when it fell to ISIL’s
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Their “weapons” are their prayers. Their biggest ally and protector? God Himself. These are the Christians in the Middle East who are fighting the war against the ISIL on their knees, praying for God to bless and restore the land
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Today, Friday 18th November, Christians living in Erbil, Northern Iraq, will join together in a mass-meeting, which they have called “Christ Day”. Iraqi Christians will come together to pray, seek God’s face, humble themselves before God and call on His
Read moreThere were tears, soldiers praying and priests singing. This was the moment thousands of Iraqi Christians had been waiting for: the Cross, symbol of Christ’s victory over evil and deemed illegal by ISIL, had returned to the Christian villages in
Read moreThe situation in Iraq is reaching a crisis point as the Iraqi army, together with a loose coalition of forces, close in on ISIL’s stronghold in the city of Mosul. In the last 24 hours, Barnabas Fund has spoken with
Read moreAn archbishop in Iraq has appealed for Christians to stay in the Middle East, saying that they have “no choice” but to help bring about peace to the troubled region. Bashar Warda, the Catholic Chaldean archbishop of Erbil, in the
Read moreAccording to the UN, one in every 113 people on earth is a refugee, but in Lebanon, that number is 1 in 5. Lebanon is, by far, the country with the highest number of refugees per inhabitant, and second only
Read moreBrother Raeed is how you might picture a monk. His gestures are calm, and silence seems to be his natural state. 15 years ago, he chose a life dedicated to prayer in a small monastery community in Iraq – Himself,
Read moreThe Hungarian government has announced the creation of a new department to aid persecuted Christians. The department will initially focus on humanitarian work in the Middle East and has been given a starting budget of €3 million (around £2.5 million;
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