Ankara -- Deputy leader of the IYI Party ("Good Party") MP Buğra Kavuncu announced today that the 'slanderous' remarks of Syriac Member of Turkish Parliament for Merde (Mardin) George Aryo have been removed from the minutes of the Turkish Grand National Assembly at the request of his party.
A series of Christian communities in Syria have come under violent attack, according to fresh reports received by a leading Catholic charity. Several local sources told Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) that yesterday (15th July) the faithful were targeted in the village of Al-Soura Al-Kabira, in the Suwayda Governorate of southern Syria.
In a move highlighting the precarious state of Iraq's ancient Christian heritage, Cardinal Louis Sako, the Patriarch of the Chaldean Church, has issued an urgent appeal to Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani to halt what he describes as attempts to destroy historic Christian cemeteries in Najaf province for commercial development.
Three weeks after dozens of Christians died in a church bombing in Damascus, another church in Syria has narrowly escaped a similar attack. On Sunday 13 July, three people were arrested after being discovered with explosives close to a church in Al-Kharibat village, near Tartus in the west of Syria.
The European Parliament has overwhelmingly approved a resolution calling for the protection of Christian minorities in Syria, following the terrorist attack on the Church of Prophet Elijah in Damascus on June 22, which claimed the lives of 25 people and left dozens injured.
Detroit -- On June 8, Peter Essa completed the first 100 years of his life. He was born and raised in Detroit. Together with his wife, Samira, with whom he also celebrated his 67th wedding anniversary on June 8, they have three sons and a daughter, reports Chaldean News. Essa is the only living Chaldean-American veteran of World War II.