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Arrest of Assyrian general in Georgia
On July 27, 2006, Boris Ivanov, a legendary Assyrian General who was also a former chief of Criminal and Military Police of Tbilisi was arrested. Mr. Ivanov dedicated his whole professional life working for Georgian Police. He was the head of Police Department of Tbilisi for many years. At the …
Read More »Half of all Christians have fled Iraq since 2003, says Baghdad bishop
By Simon CaldwellCatholic News Service LONDON (CNS) — Half of all Iraqi Christians have fled their country since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion, said the auxiliary bishop of Baghdad. Chaldean Catholic Auxiliary Bishop Andreos Abouna of Baghdad said that before the invasion there were about 1.2 million Christians in the predominantly …
Read More »Christian Persecution Groups Express Concerns for Mideast Believers
By Michelle Vu Christian Post ReporterThu, Aug. 03 2006 05:49 AM ET Persecution groups expressed their concerns for Christians caught in the crossfire of the Israel-Hezbollah conflict as offenses escalated in the region. The launch of Israel?s deepest ground strike into Lebanon and the firing of at least 150 Hezbollah …
Read More »Speaker of the Iraqi Parliament; Let them Rape and Kill Christian Women.
July 31, 06 William Warda According to Baqof.com; National Organization for Civil Society and Iraqis Rights issued a statement regarding the interview with Dr. Mahmoud al-Mashhadani, the speaker and head of the Iraqi National Assembly (parliament) on al-Iraqiyya Sat. On 31 January 2006, al-Iraqiya Satellite Television broadcasted a film …
Read More »Lebanon: Syriac League “A call for help”
A call for help After the destruction, the killing, the displacement and hitting enterprises and factories,Lebanon started feeling the social economic and humanitarian crisis in all its regions and its communities. The Syriac League that carries the burden of our people, releases a call for our expatriates and our friends …
Read More »It’s a new type of war in Egypt, a satellite war of religions
There have been clashes between Coptic Christians and Muslims in Egypt recently. Metropolitan Bishoy of Damiette, Head of Saint Demiana Monastery, General Secretary of the Holy Synod of the Coptic Orthodox Church, speaks about the causes of this conflict and problems experienced by his Church in an interview to Interfax-Religion.– …
Read More »Statement on the occasion of 49th anniversary of the foundation of Assyrian Democratic Organization
Damascus- ADO– The foundation of ADO in July 1957 by an elite of our intellectuals and national youths came as a natural response to the aspiration of our Assyrian SyriacChaldean people to gain its legitimate national rights on its historic land. And since its outset, as the first political national …
Read More »The End of Christianity in Iraq
The news from Iraq has been especially grim of late. Daily it seems violent death is everywhere in the form of car bombings at mosques and other public facilities, ethnic cleansing carried out by militias roving about the streets seeking victims, even soldiers and police doubling as sectarian enforcers. The …
Read More »AN OPEN LETTER & APPEAL
Twelve days have passed and the horrible war and military aggression waged by Israel as a collective punishment against the people of Lebanon continues. Israel has systematically targeted civilians, roads, bridges, airport, ambulances and trucks carrying food supplies or medicines. The infrastructure of Lebanon is periodically targeted. Lebanon is under …
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