Days after masked gunmen raided Wadi al-Nasara, Syria's Christian heartland, killing two and leaving one injured, the world celebrated Syria's "free elections"--elections that were far from free and proposed a new threat to Indigenous Christians in the country.
Leaders of the International Society for Human Rights (ISHR) met Monday (Oct. 6) with His Eminence Ignatius Aphrem II, Syriac-Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, in Damascus to discuss the challenges facing Syria's Christian communities following the country's first parliamentary elections since the fall of the Assad regime.
Stockholm -- In response to a surge of violence targeting Christians across Syria, particularly in Wadi al-Masihiyeen (Valley of Christians) in the Hmoth (Homs) countryside, the European Syriac Union (ESU) filed an official case with the Swedish government, condemning widespread killings, looting, and intimidation by unidentified assailants, and denouncing what it called the "silence and inaction"...
The Chaldean Church in Iraq rejected on Thursday any "corrupt or armed" individuals seeking to represent Christians in the country's upcoming parliamentary elections, stressing that its loyalty remains solely to Iraq and its people.
For nearly two millennia, Iraq's Christians have been a thread in Mesopotamia's history. From the monasteries of Nineveh to the churches of Baghdad and the mountain villages of the north, they preserved traditions that predate Islam. Their language, art, and liturgy carry the heritage of vanished civilizations.
A German Christian human rights delegation met with senior Assyrian and Christian political leaders in Damascus on 7 October 2025, as part of a regional visit to Christian leaders, organizations, and active political parties amid a surge in violations targeting Christians.