Tag: Kurdish

Turkish church attacked and desecrated

Mehre is a historically Assyrian Christian village that has often been victimised by ongoing conflicts.

Kurdistan region pledges protection of Christian rights

The Nineveh plains and northern Iraq is home to many of the country’s remaining Christians.

Turkey makes no progress investigating the kidnapping of elderly Christians

The abductors are affiliated with the PKK, a Kurdish militant group designated by the US as a terrorist organisation.

Kurdish Christian villages in Iraq are abandoned

Since the beginning of 2020, about five Christian villages have been abandoned, because of the Turkish bombardment. 

Christians in Kurdistan targeted by Turkish air raids

Ankara's air raids on separatist bases in Iraq are nothing new as similar episodes occurred in 2007 and 2018.

Fourteen Christians were kidnapped in Syria

Turkish-backed Islamist militants kidnapped fourteen Kurd Christians in Syria.