Tag: Islamic State

Syrian Christians

Bishop Raises Ransom Funds for Syrian Christians

December 8, 2016

A bishop worked secretly to save the lives of 226 members of his flock from the Islamic State group — by amassing millions of dollars from his community around the world to buy their freedom. The Assyrian Christians were seized from the Khabur River valley in northern Syria, among the last holdouts of a minority … More Bishop Raises Ransom Funds for Syrian Christians

St Elijah's Monastery

Islamic State Destroys Iraq’s Oldest Monastery

January 20, 2016

Satellite photos obtained by The Associated Press confirm what church leaders and Middle East preservationists had feared: The oldest Christian monastery in Iraq has been reduced to a field of rubble, yet another victim of the Islamic State group’s relentless destruction of heritage sites it considers heretical. St. Elijah’s Monastery stood as a place of … More Islamic State Destroys Iraq’s Oldest Monastery