In a February 16 letter, Rep. Darin LaHood, a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, urged the White House to press ...

A religious freedom activist warns that the Assyrian Christian community in the Middle East "does not have a chance of survival” and offered sharp words of criticism at the sixth annual International ...

Even though the closures were lifted after just one day due to public outcry, it sent a clear and worrying signal to Christians about growing restrictions on their cultural and social freedoms. On ...

At least 19 Iranian Christians reportedly killed during protests against Iran's regime, including victims Nader Mohammadi and ...

During a panel titled "Voices from Underreported Religious Communities Caught Amid Conflict," Karmella Borashan of the Assyrian International Council described the long-term suffering of Assyrian ...

Inside the sixth century church in southeastern Turkey, dozens of Assyrian Christian women, men and children in their Sunday best attend a service, one of only a few held in their ancient homeland.

They came before dawn, under the cover of darkness. Overpowering and killing three village guards, they took hundreds of captives — men, women and children, from the elderly to the very young. Then ...

In the assault, the jihadists took between 70 and 100 Assyrians captive, while others fled the villages Reports from two Syrian activist groups say Islamic State terrorists have abducted at least 70 ...

This story originally appeared on themedialine.org. Miydat's Assyrian Orthodox community is still encumbered with festive cookies and candied nuts from their Christmas festivities. In every home, ...

DOHUK, Iraq — The annual parade by Assyrian Christians in the Iraqi city of Dohuk to mark their new year was marred Tuesday when an axe-wielding man attacked the procession and wounded three people, ...