Walking through this mainly Christian town outside of Irbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan, it’s easy to see many changes since the victims of Islamic State militants fled here for safety seven years ago.
ANKAWA, Iraq — Nahla and Valentina like to stop and pray at Mar Elia Chaldean Catholic Church in the center of this small majority Christian community.
ROME – Eight months after visiting Iraq’s war-torn city Mosul, Pope Francis sent a message to the citizens, saying that he remembers the destruction he witnessed.
Despite dwindling community numbers, as churches and villages are being rebuilt, there is hope
The divide between Sunnis and Shia is the largest and oldest in the history of Islam.
Autocracy has Filled the Ideological Vacuum in the Middle East, Financial Times, 29 September 2021
Address of His Holiness Pope Francis at the interreligious meeting, Plain of Ur, Iraq
The Assyrian Church of the East has elected a new Patriarch. His Grace Mar Awa Royel is the 122nd Patriarch of the ancient church. He is the first American born leader of the church, reflecting the mass emigration of Assyrian Christians from Iraq to the West in recent decades:
In this episode of Roamings and Reflections, Director of Newlines Institute’s Human Security Unit Faysal Itani interviews Flavius Mihaies about his travels through Lebanon.
