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Turkish military incursion preventing Iraqi Christians from returning to villages - report
Publication Date: 1/9/2020
Source: Ahval News
Turkey’s Claw Tiger operation against the outlawed Kurdistan Worker’s Party (PKK) in northern Iraq has caused the evacuation of several Christian villages in the Dohuk province, making it impossible for the villagers to return to their homes, pro-Kurdish outlet Rudaw reported on Tuesday.
French Christian group allegedly backs Syrian regime
Publication Date: 18/9/2020
Source: Middle East Monitor
A France-based Christian group has allegedly been supporting a militia in Syria loyal to the Bashar al-Assad regime and accused of war crimes in the western Hama province, local media reported, Anadolu Agency reports.
In Turkey, Even Dead Christians Aren’t Safe
Author: Uzay Bulut
Publication Date: 12/9/2020
Source: The American Conservative
Hatred of non-Muslims is so intense that cemeteries are being attacked—and the government is fanning the flames.
Christians in Lebanon: A short history of the Maronite Church
Publication Date: 10/9/2020
Source: Aleteia
No other country in the Middle East or North Africa has as great a proportion of Christians.
Lebanon. The Maronite priest called by Pope Francis during the audience: “We need miracles to overcome this crisis.”
Author: Filippo Passantino
Publication Date: 4/9/2020
Source: SIR Agenzia d'informazione
Interviewed by SIR, Father Georges Breidy describes the experience of standing alongside the Pope, who called for a day of fasting and prayer for the country hit by an economic, political and social crisis, one month after the explosions in Beirut: "An initiative for the growth of humaneness and care for our fellow other”
Why Many Christians Want to Leave Palestine. And Why Most Won’t.
Author: Jayson Casper
Publication Date: 4/8/2020
Source: Christianity Today
Survey of a thousand local believers finds majority desire a one-state solution, while few complain about religious freedom.
Palestinian clergy: ‘Annexation could be the final straw for a viable Christian presence in Palestine’
Author: Jeff Wright
Publication Date: 20/8/2020
Source: Mondoweiss
Palestinian clergy address crisis of Christian emigration in letter to diplomatic missions
Christians, others warn Turkey is 'weaponizing water' in northeast Syria
Author: Dale Gavlak
Publication Date: 28/8/2020
Source: National Catholic Reporter
Parts of Syria's north where Kurds, Christians and Yazidis have practiced religious freedom in recent years are reportedly again under attack by mainly Turkish military and their allied Syrian Islamist fighters.
