Christianity Grows in Kobani, Syria
In 2015, droves of Syrian Kurds from Kobani fled from ISIS attacks into Turkey. Now just four years later, many have returned back to their homes t...
Fighting Increases in Southern Syria
Over this past couple weeks, fighting has intensified in Southern Syria just north of Israel's border. The United Nations has reported that over 200,0...
Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem
Tensions between Iran and Israel are escalating and have every chance of breaking out into war.
For some time Israel has been expressing alarm at Ira...
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...
Moscow Rules in E. Mediterranean (Australian)
Targeting the jihadists. Source: The Australian
"In early October, Russian aircraft carried out the first bombings of rebel positions in Syria. Th...
Israel’s SodaStream wants to hire Syrian refugees (WPost)
"Some people might think he’s living in a bubble, but Daniel Birnbaum, chief executive of Israeli fizzy drinks maker SodaStream, said this week he wan...
Syria: Islamists tear down the Catholic monastery Mar Elian in Syria
"Following the murder of Palmyra’s renowned chief archaeologist, Khaled Asaad (82), extremists of the 'Islamic State' (IS) continue to destroy Christi...
Kurds secure Kobane, but death toll of ISIS attack up to 200; violence personally affects partners
Kurdish forces cleared Kobane of the ISIS infiltrators who killed 200 civilians, Rudwa and others reported. At the Crossroads contacts tell us that th...
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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