Syrian refugee camp in crossfire
We received a prayer request from a contact in a Syrian refugee camp early Tuesday morning saying, "Please pray for our Rojava region and people. Pray...
European Parliament Recognizes ISIS Killing of Religious Minorities as Genocide
"The European Parliament unanimously passed a resolution on February 4 recognizing the Islamic State militant group’s (ISIS) systematic killing and p...
Undoing Years of Progress in Turkey
This op-ed published by the New York Times was written by a friend of At the Crossroads. The former mayor of Diyarbakir has worked to foster co-existe...
Long-dormant Protestant church in SE Turkey reopens
At the Crossroads partners in Mardin, Turkey, renovated and rededicated a Protestant church in mid November. Watch the video to see how municipal and ...
Israeli deputy minister meets with At the Crossroads leaders, partners
From left, Deputy Minister of Regional Cooperation Ayoob Kara Ayoob Kara, Dr. Moti Zaken, Rev. David Pileggi converse in the courtyard of Christ Ch...
Report: Majority of Israeli oil imported from Kurdistan (JPost)
From the Jerusalem Post:
Israel may be importing some NIS 3.84 billion-worth of oil from the semi-autonomous northern Iraqi region of Kurdistan, a mov...
Israel ‘very interested’ in strengthening relations with Kurds (JPost)
From the Jerusalem Post:
News published in the Financial Times on Sunday that Israel imports most of its oil from Iraq’s Kurdish areas came as no shoc...
Turkey, the Kurds and Christian responsibility
A Turkish pastor and his translator give a report to a prayer group at Christ Church Jerusalem.
In July, a pastor and former mayor from a city in Tu...
Praying at a Jewish Tomb in Iraqi Kurdistan
Benjamin Kweskin, a Middle East analyst, writes: "Kurds and Jews have a fascinating shared history with roots in ancient times. Many date Jewish prese...
Turkey & Kurds: Erdogan’s bait and switch
Jonathan Spyer writes: "Turkey’s recent intervention aims to prevent the emergence of a de facto Kurdish sovereignty stretching along its southeastern...