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...
ISIS kills Kobane-area civilians in surprise attack; partners in the area ask for prayer
About 30 ISIS fighters disguised as Kurdish security slipped into Kobane, Syria, early Thursday and killed civilians, the Washington Post reported.
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Atoning for a Genocide (The New Yorker)
Raffi Khatchadourian writes on how a family survives the Armenian genocide and its long aftermath as well as how the Kurds helped perpetuate the killi...
Ethnic Realities and the Church: Lessons from Kurdistan (1668-1990)
Ethnic Realities and the Church: Lessons from Kurdistan (1668-1990) by Robert Blincoe is an excellent history on mission world among the Kurds....