أطفال سهل نينوى يأبون توديع 2008 دون تلقي هدايا بابا نوئيل (Thursday, January 1st, 2009)

Published by Editors in Features, Iraq, Women and Children at 8:52 pm with no comments.

نينوى/ أصوات العراق: يستعد أطفال العراق لتوديع عام واستقبال آخر جديد وبسمة ليلة هذا العيد مختلفة لأنها شهدت قدوم السنة الهجرية مع الميلادية ومعانقة إحداهما الأخرى لتعم الفرحة الجميع مسلمين كانوا ام مسيحيين، لكن أطفال سهل نينوى يأبون توديع 2008 دون أن يقرع بابا نؤئيل أبواب بيوتهم ويسلمهم الهدايا التي يترقبوها من عام لعام. […]

In Mosul, Iraqi Christians Brave the Violence to Celebrate Christmas - NYTimes.com (Friday, December 26th, 2008)

Published by Mohammed Ibn Laith in Human Rights, Iraq, Religion at 9:27 am with no comments.

MOSUL, Iraq — Iraqi Christians in the northern city of Mosul say this year has been the worst in living memory. After a wave of killings and attacks in October, more than 2,000 families fled to nearby villages.
Mosul remains one of the most dangerous places in Iraq and a stubborn holdout of the insurgency, but […]

More violence in Mosul: father and son killed because they were Christian - Asia News (Thursday, October 23rd, 2008)

Published by Mohammed Ibn Laith in Human Rights, Iraq, Politics and Security, Religion at 9:16 pm with no comments.

Despite the hopes of the government and part of the population, the massacre of Christians continues in Iraq. The killing could be another signal for the Christians to leave the country. Prime minister al Maliki promises to “punish the guilty and their supporters.”
Mosul (AsiaNews) - The Iraqi government is asking Christians to remain in […]

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 […]

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 […]