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       Australia – AINA– Violence and persecution against minority groups in Iraq continues, including communities of Christians which have been in existence for over 1500 years. The Assyrian Church of the East, as one of the Churches most affected, has mobilised itself worldwide to call attention to the crisis, and …

       Erbil – krg — The following is an interview with Nechirvan Barzani, the prime minister of the Kurdish regional government in North Iraq. Q: Despite significant gains in the security field, Iraq remains a dangerous place. While religious and ethnic tensions have lessened in key areas, the recent …

       Baghdad- aswat aliraq- The Iraqi parliament voted on Monday, November 3rd on the issue of reserved seats for the Assyrians, Yezidies, Shabaks and Mandeans. The final vote of the Iraqi parliament is a huge disappointment for the mentioned communities in Iraq. The political game by the majority groups …

       Sweden – AWB – an aid agency based in Sweden, is expanding its operations to outside of Sweden. AWB recently introduced an English version of their website. The goal is to reach beyond Sweden in their fund raising activities. “With our English website, we actively want to reach …

       DAMASCUS, Syria – zenit — A Syrian archbishop is calling on world leaders and the Arab League to rescue the Christians of Iraq. Patriarch Gregorios III Laham of Antioch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church launched an appeal Wednesday, recalling that Iraq is “home to Abraham, the father …

By Basil Adas Baghdad – gulfnews — Kurdish involvement is suspected in the recent wave of violence against Christians in Mosul, Gulf News has learnt. “Investigations have been completed and proved the involvement of Kurdish militias in the displacement and killing of Christians,” Prime Minister Nouri Al Maliki reportedly said …

     Iraq – AINA — Iraq’s mainly Kurdish second army unit has been ordered out of Mosul and to Anbar for training after accusations were made that some of its members carried out the violence against the Assyrians of Mosul in the past four weeks (AINA 10-22-2008, 10-16-2008). The violence …

  Letter from the parties and organizations and institutions of Assyrian Chaldean Syriac to the President of the Republic of Iraq on forced migrated from Mosulto      Europe – ADO — Today, the Chaldean-Syriac-Assyrians are victims of daily killings, mass exodus, discrimination and persecution throughout Iraq, and the city of …

  By Corey Flintoff Nineveh Plain, Iraq – NPR — These are startling observations coming from people who are, in effect, living on Kurdish generosity. The settlement where Abu Sara and his family are staying was built by the finance minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government — a Christian named …

By Luca Galassi Mosul – peacereporter — There is only one ‘solution’: force. Intensify the surveillance, the patrols, and the control to counter the violence against the Christians. To protect the community in Mosul, the most dangerous area for the Iraqi religious minority, the government is going to increase the …