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Soaring violence against Christians in Iraq — including the alleged crucifixion of a teenage boy in Basra – has prompted the Catholic Church to call for a safe haven to protect minority groups as the country slides toward civil war. The American Catholic bishops have also asked US Secretary of …

Dikran Ego*Stockholm- ESNA– During the month of Ramadan the terror attacks in Iraq have escalated explosively. The attacks have been more numerous and more brutal. There is a regular civil war going on between different groups. Everything is about gaining power in order to take possession of the country?s resources …

(Zinda) — In that day there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria. The Assyrians will go to Egypt and the Egyptians to Assyria. The Egyptians and Assyrians will worship together. In that day Israel will be the third, along with Egypt and Assyria, a blessing on the earth. …

Washington — In assessing Syria’s future and the importance that the minorities play in defining not only Syria’s vision but the means by which we can achieve that vision, the Christians of Syria stand tall. Today, Syria, under the rule of Assad, is the best place for Christians because Assad …

MOSUL — Officials were still trying to raise ransom money for a kidnapped Syrian-Orthodox priest when his mutilated body was found in Iraq last week. About 500 people attended the funeral of Father Paulos Eskandar at Mosul’s Syrian-Orthodox Church of St. Ephrem, who was abducted and found beheaded. The AsiaNews …

(AINA) — A fourteen year old boy was found last week crucified and murdered in the city of Albasra in Iraq. The crucifixion is believed to be a late reply to the Popes remarks on Islam. In the same week, and for the same reason, a priest was kidnapped and …

Listen to the Interview with Gaby Moushe, Member of the Board of the Assyrian Democratic Organization and also member of the Board of the Ielan Dimashq Oppositiongroup.   For Listening click on the link below:

The European Parliament Strasbourg — European Parliament resolution containing the European Parliament’s recommendation to the Council on the conclusion of a Euro-Mediterranean Association Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Syrian Arab Republic, of the other part (2006/2150(INI)) The European Parliament , …

New York Times by Michael Louo BAGHDAD, Oct. 16 ? The blackened shells of five cars still sit in front of the Church of the Virgin Mary here, stark reminders of a bomb blast that killed two people after a recent Sunday Mass. Johan Spanner/Polaris, for The New York Times …

by Yousef Hourany In the aftermath of the murder of the priest Paulos Eskandar, the Chaldean patriarch denounced the indifference of the international community which, coupled with persecution, threatens to ?empty? the Middle East of its Christian communities. Beirut (AsiaNews) ? Outside interference in Iraq as well as in Syria …