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The Obsessions of Lebanon’s Christians
Author: Hazem Saghieh
Publication Date: 26/8/2020
Source: Asharq al-Awsat
Before the horrifying crime at the Port of Beirut, a Lebanese Christian lady named Jocelyne Khoueiry passed away after a long battle with illness. In the Christian milieu, it seemed an event whose ramifications few had been prepared for.
Iraq: a beacon of hope for Christians of Qaraqosh on the Nineveh Plains
Author: Ragheb Elias Shaba & Maria Lozano
Publication Date: 4/8/2020
Source: Church in Need
On August 6, 2014, ISIS swept across the Nineveh Plains, north and east of Mosul. Some 120,000 Christians had to flee overnight. Qaraqosh, 20 miles east of Mosul, was the largest Christian city in Iraq. After Iraqi forces and their allies were able to recover the territories in October 2016 tens of thousands of displaced Christians returned to the ruins of their home cities. According to the latest data published by the Nineveh Reconstruction Committee (NRC) almost half of the 11,111 Christians families who fled have returned to Qaraqosh.
Iraqi Prime Minister Urges Assyrians to Return to Iraq
Publication Date: 11/8/2020
Source: Assyrian International News Agency (AINA)
On Sunday, the Iraqi Prime Minister, Mustafa Al-Kazemi, called for the return of Iraqi Christian immigrants to their country, especially after the defeat of the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL/IS/Daesh).
Lebanese cardinal: ‘The Church has a great duty’ after Beirut explosion
Author: Hannah Brockhaus
Publication Date: 5/8/2020
Source: Catholic News Agency
After at least one explosion occurred at the ports of Beirut on Tuesday, a Maronite Catholic cardinal has said the local Church needs support to help the people of Lebanon recover from this disaster.
Beirut blast: Middle East Christian TV broadcaster launches special programming
Publication Date: 5/8/2020
Source: Religion News Services
A major Christian Arabic language broadcaster in Lebanon is airing special live programming, reassuring shell-shocked viewers after a huge explosion in the capital Beirut killed at least 113 people and injured more than 4,000 yesterday.
Top Lebanese Christian party official killed in Beirut blast
Publication Date: 5/8/2020
Source: The New Arab
The secretary-general of Lebanon's Christian Phalanges Party, or Kataeb, was killed in the double blast that devastated Beirut's port on Tuesday, local media reported.
16 Beirut Ministries Respond to Lebanon Explosion
Author: Jayson Casper
Publication Date: 5/8/2020
Source: Christianity Today
One hour later at work, and Sarah Chetti might have been one of thousands in a Beirut hospital.
Director of the INSAAF migrant worker ministry in Lebanon, Chetti’s colleagues described shards of broken glass flying through the air, and the metal frames of doors ripped from their hinges.
Court orders church closure to remain in effect in Algeria
Publication Date: 17/8/2020
Source: Middle East Concern
Christians in Algeria ask for prayer for the church of Makouda, as an administrative court rejected a request to cancel the governor’s order to close the church.
