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.
C...
ISIS releases 19 Christians, still holds hundreds
The Assyrian International News Agency is reporting that ISIS released 19 Christians today.
The Associated Press reports tribal leaders and Assyrian ...
Estimate of kidnapped Assyrian Christians rises near 300
News outlets, including the BBC, are now reporting that as many as 285 Christians have been abducted in northeast Syria by ISIS. That number is closer...
Church leader: As many as 100 families captured by ISIS
See detail of Assyrian villages below.
Earlier today, we shared a news report saying that at least 90 Assyrian Christians had been abducted by Islam...