Embroiled in a legal battle to protect their property from confiscation by the Israeli government, the Nasser family has made their farm a symbol of nonviolent resistance.
Middle East
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Lessons from the Christian East
In interview with Bishop John M. Botean of the Romanian Catholic Eparchy of St George's in Canton, Ohio.
Posted inPodcasts, Politics & Society
A World of People on the Move Reviewed for National Migration Week
As National Migration Week concludes, Jill Marie Gerschutz-Bell, a senior policy and legislative specialist for Catholic Relief Services, discusses the conflicts and crises that are forcing people from their communities in the Middle East, Africa and Central America.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Syrian government cuts water supply to its own capital after battle with rebels
The cut-off is a major challenge to the government’s effort throughout the nearly 6-year-old civil war to keep the capital as insulated as possible.
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In Christmas messages, Middle East patriarchs call for peace amid Christian persecution
Cardinal Bechara Rai, patriarch of Maronite Catholics, appealed to the international community to work to end terrorism “that is killing and displacing families and depriving them of their rights and dignities.”
Posted inPolitics & Society, Signs Of the Times
Fight for Mosul Drags On While Displaced Numbers Grow
Speaking from Baghdad on Dec. 14, Kevin Hartigan, Catholic Relief Services’ regional director for the Middle East, Central Asia and Europe told America that his team was bracing for what may be unprecedented numbers of people in flight from the contested city.
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A free press is becoming near-impossible in Turkey
It is not a good time to be a journalist in Turkey.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
The future for Iraqi Christians has rarely looked grimmer
The struggle to liberate Mosul from ISIS militants has entered a third month of often savage combat.
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German churches denounce the arms trade in Yemen war
Government licenses and German arms exports had risen 96 percent in 2015 to a value of $13.6 billion, a priest said.
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Evacuation begins in eastern Aleppo
Syrian TV showed live footage of a long convoy of ambulances and green buses driving out of Aleppo.