Local officials admit “ethnic conflict” in Ninewa : مسؤولون محليون يرون ان طابع “الصراع القومي” سيغلب على الانتخابات بنينوى (Thursday, December 25th, 2008)

Published by Editors in Features, Iraq, Politics and Security at 4:02 pm with no comments.

NINEWA / Aswat al-Iraq: Local officials from different parties and political movements in Ninewa converged that there is an “ethnic conflict” due to the demographic diversity that characterizes the province, where Arabs, Kurds, Chaldo-Assyrians, Shabaks, Yazidis, Turkmen, and Armenians have lived together for hundreds of years.
An official in Iraqi President Jalal Talabani’s Patriotic Union […]

Displaced Christians await Christmas amid wishes to return home : مسيحيون مهجرون يترقبون عيدهم وسط أمنيات العودة لمدنهم : أصوات العراق (Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008)

Published by Khalil Ibn Hussein in Features, Human Rights, Iraq, Religion at 12:05 am with no comments.

NINEWA / Aswat al-Iraq: Displaced Christians from the city of Mosul await Christmas and New Years celebrations amid wishes to return to their cities and celebrate with their families and friends.
“We found security here in al-Hamadaniya district but we miss our Mosul so much, especially as Christmas is coming,” Misko Bahnam, an old woman […]

Iraqi Christians flee gunmen for sanctuary of monastery - Telegraph (Monday, December 22nd, 2008)

Published by Ali in Human Rights, Iraq, Religion, Society And Economy at 9:47 am with no comments.

Hundreds of Christians have fled their homes in northern Iraq for the sanctuary of a monastery this Christmas after being targeted for their faith.
In peaceful times, the cool mountain air and breathtaking views afforded by the ancient monastery of Mar Matti provided a congenial day trip for the local people. Clinging to the upper […]

كتلة التحالف الكردستاني تكشف عن مرشحيها للانتخابات القادمة (Sunday, December 7th, 2008)

Published by Editors in Iraq, Politics and Security at 10:02 am with no comments.

كشفت كتلة التحالف الكردستاني عن قائمتها التي ستخوض فيها انتخابات مجلس محافظة بغداد المزمع أجراؤها نهاية شهر كانون الثاني المقبل. وقال مصدر في الكتلة إن ستة أحزاب كردستانية ستخوض انتخابات مجالس المحافظات القادمة في قائمة واحدة. وأضاف أن عدد مرشحي القائمة هو 46 مرشحاً يمثلون حزب الاتحاد الوطني والحزب الديمقراطي وحزب الإخاء التركماني والحزب الوطني […]

Mosul Christians Reluctant to Return (Saturday, November 22nd, 2008)

Published by Mohammed Ibn Laith in Human Rights, Iraq, Politics and Security at 1:03 pm with no comments.

Community worries about continued threats despite stepped up security and financial aid. Christians from Mosul are hesitant about returning home despite cash offerings and pledges of stronger security in and around the volatile northern city.
The Iraqi government has boosted the number of security forces and troops in Mosul to 35,000 and is offering […]

Who persecutes Christians in Iraq? (Monday, October 20th, 2008)

Published by Editors in Analysis Briefings Commentary, Human Rights, Iraq at 3:54 pm with no comments.

With the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003, Kurdish militias occupied Yazidi, Christian and Shebek areas and moved their control as far as the left bank of Mosul.
Kurdish leaders do not hide their claims to these areas and their insistence that their inhabitants are ethnic Kurds. Kurdish leaders’ tactics have turned many Christians, Yazidis, Shebeks […]

مسيحيون نازحون: استهدافنا دليل على ضعف الحكومة والجهاز الأمني (Saturday, October 18th, 2008)

Published by Khaled in Features, Human Rights, Iraq, Politics and Security, Religion at 11:35 am with no comments.

“بعض المسيحيين اغتيلوا وسط الموصل أمام مرأى ومسمع الناس ما اثبت لنا ضعف الحكومة المحلية والجهاز الأمني وعلى رأسهم قيادة العمليات التي لا نتلقى منها سوى الوعود بمسك الأرض، ومناطقنا تخلو من القوات الأمنية حتى أن بعض هذه الأمور تحدث أمام مرأى ومسمع القوات الأمنية ولا تحرك ساكنا”.

“غادرنا الموصل متخفين ليلاً باتجاه قره قوش بصحبة […]

Kurdish Involvement Suspected in Attacks on Assyrians in Mosul (Saturday, October 18th, 2008)

Published by Editors in Iraq, Politics and Security, Religion at 10:41 am with no comments.

The Kurdish leadership has announced it aims to annex the Nineveh Plain into its semi-autonomous region. The obstruction of the local police force is believed to be a result of this. While hindering a legitimate police force from providing much needed security for the minorities in the Nineveh Plain, the Kurdish political parties are ushering […]

المسيحيون ينتقدون قانون انتخابات مجالس المحافظات (Friday, September 26th, 2008)

Published by Mohammed Ibn Laith in Iraq, Politics and Security at 8:48 am with no comments.

استنكرت احزاب وتنظيمات سياسية مسيحية تصويت مجلس النواب على إلغاء المادة 50 من قانون انتخابات مجالس المحافظات وهي تتضمن منح التمثيل النسبي للأقليات الدينية في العراق. وقال سكرتير المجلس القومي الكلداني ضياء بطرس في تصريح صحفي نشر اليوم الجمعة ان إلغاء المادة 50 من قانون انتخابات مجالس المحافظات صدمهم جميعا. واضاف ان عملية التصويت على […]