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   Damascus – VOA — A state-run Syrian newspaper is strongly criticizing former British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s appointment as the international envoy to the Middle East. The Syrian newspaper Tishrin said in an editorial Saturday that the former Prime Minister is a “man of war” and can not serve …

  By Sahar al-Haideri *Mosul, Iraq — The blood of Nasir Abdullah Khalil, 55, seeped into a pool of milk as it drained from his body. The walls of his dairy shop in Mosul’s al-Darkazliyyah neighbourhood were spattered with blood, and yoghurt and milk had leaked all over the floor. …

  By Mirella HodeibBEIRUT – Daily Star — Friday saw a flurry of words and meetings concerning Lebanon’s almost nine-month-old political impasse Friday as politicians from both camps continued to voice warnings about the negative impact of the formation of a parallel government. Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea described the …

  DAMASCUS – IRIN — A joke circulating here has two Iraqis wandering the streets of the Syrian capital, angrily protesting the large number of Syrians taking over their city. With up to 2,000 Iraqi refugees arriving each day, adding to the 1.5 million – equivalent to around 8 percent …

        Russia – Panarmenian — On July 12 the Assyrians of Russia will hold a protest action with a demand to defend Christians of Iraq — Assyrians, Chaldeans, Syrians and Armenians — from a bloody genocide and ethnic cleansing. As co-chair of the youth wing of the Regional Moscow …

  By Andrea Ledding SASKATOON, Canada – Canadian Catholic News — — Canada needs to do more for all Iraqi people, including the Christian Iraqi population, which is experiencing heavy persecution. That was the message as local Iraqi Christians gathered to hold a prayer service and press conference June 13 …

  By Niraj Detroit – WarikooDetroit Free Press — Alarmed at the increasing persecution of religious minorities inside their native land, Iraqi-American Christians will rally Saturday in Southfield to call for peace and the protection of their brethren. “We could be witnessing the extinction of this community in the next …

  David Josar DETROIT- The Detroit News — The City Council this afternoon finally approved the sale of the shuttered Camp Brighton for $3.5 million to the Chaldean Church. This was the third time the council took up the sale of the 320-acre camp, which is located off Grand River …

  By Sabrina Tavernise KARA-ULA(Iraq)- New York Times — The 70 houses of this tiny village spring from the treeless, arid plain here in the northern tip of Iraq with the uniformity of an army camp. Built over the past four years of war, they house Christian refugees from some …

  By Sabrina Tavernise UN – AFP-Naharnet — A U.N. report has called for a major upgrading of Lebanon’s lax border security to prevent arms smuggling from Syria, including assigning international experts to a new, multi-agency Lebanese border force. The report which was released in New York Tuesday was produced …