Tag: Iraq
US Court Ruling Renews Iraqi Christians’ Deportation Fears
The Iraqi Christian at the center of a class-action suit challenging the detention of fellow Iraqi nationals in the Detroit area was granted a major victory in court Tuesday and will be allowed to stay...
Christians Could Return to Middle East, Thanks to Trump, Deportations
This story was originally published in Christianity Today and can be read here. When Haitham Jazrawi started working at Kirkuk Presbyterian Church in Iraq in 1991, there were 72 families. Today, there are still 72...
Iraqi Christians at Odds with World on Kurdish Independence Referendum
This story was originally published in Christianity Today and can be read here. Despite intense opposition, a referendum that could lead to the establishment of an independent Kurdish nation appears set for Monday, September 25....
Evangelicals Tell Trump: Don’t Deport Christians to Face Genocide in Iraq
This story was published in Christianity Today and can be found here. With the fate of 199 Iraqi nationals on hold while a Detroit court hears a lawsuit, a group of evangelical leaders has sent the Trump administration...
US Prepares to Deport Hundreds of Iraqis
This story was published in Christianity Today and can be found here. Nahidh Shaou could be deported any day now. As a Christian and a veteran of the US military, being forcibly returned to Iraq—a homeland he...
They couldn’t save the photo album
There’s a large, old apartment building one town over. It’s the oldest place around. Old brick, old heating, old beautiful architecture. Lots of families live there, and it’s pretty diverse. Still, folks have gotten along...
Foreign policy in 4 years of State of the Union addresses
Syria – “Assad is on the way out… well, unless he’s not” 2012 (1 mention): “And in Syria, I have no doubt that the Assad regime will soon discover that the forces of change cannot...
Mapping ISIL’s moves in Iraq
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) now controls a full third of Iraq, and is at Baghdad’s doorstep. The terrorist group — now a small army — captured Ramadi and Fallujah to the...