Military Council member Aram Hanna told Kurdistan 24 TV that he hopes a U.S.-led coalition would protect northeast Syria because Islamic State “sleeper cells still pose a threat.”
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Chaldean cardinal fears Iraq could be caught in middle of a U.S.-Iran conflict
Chaldean Catholic Patriarch Cardinal Louis Sako is concerned by rising tensions between the United States and Iran, fearful that his country, Iraq, could be caught in the middle of any potential conflict. It has also made a proposed visit by Pope Francis to Iraq next year uncertain, he said.
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How Bakhita House in London is helping women exploited by human trafficking
Little did Rose realize that her dream of soon completing university studies and finding the love of her life on her 21st birthday would turn into an indescribable abyss.
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Christians concerned about religious freedom if Turkey enters Syria
The United Nations has described the Islamic State campaign against the Yazidis since 2014 as “genocide.”
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Christians working with Syrians: U.S. withdrawal puts minorities at risk
Several Mideast-based Christians working on the Syria crisis have joined a growing chorus about U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to pull some 2,000 American troops from Syria.
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Christian aid group says Idlib civilians fear offensive by Syrian forces
Christians and other civilians inside Idlib, Syria, are fearful of an impending, all-out offensive by their government and its Russian and Iranian backers on the northwestern province, the last rebel stronghold and presumed endgame in Syria’s more than seven-year-old war.
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Vincentian in Paris leads effort to resettle migrants fleeing danger
As Europe continues to struggle with migrant and refugee arrivals, Catholics in the French capital are heeding Pope Francis’ call to come to their aid by providing practical and spiritual help to the newcomers.
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Church leaders and U.N. officials decry escalating situation in Syria
As Syria’s war soon enters its eighth year, the conflict is escalating in the country’s north, between Turkey and the Kurds, and in the south, between Iran and Israel.
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Middle East leaders increase efforts to fight U.S. decision on Jerusalem
In his annual “state of the world address” Jan. 8 to diplomats from more than 180 countries, Pope Francis urged countries once again to respect the status quo of Jerusalem.
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German churches act as buffer for refugees with sanctuary program
“The policies on asylum and deportation in Germany have become stricter in the last year, and so that’s why more refugees ask for help in the churches.”