NEWS ALERT: Iraq Christians Face More Bloodshed As Bombings Kill 118
By BosNewsLife Middle East Service
BAGHDAD, IRAQ (BosNewsLife)-- Minority Christians were among those reminded of bloodshed Tuesday, December 8, as a wave of car bombings rocked the Iraqi capital Baghdad, killing at least 118 people and wounding over 200 others. It was the worst violence to hit Baghdad, since October, when two massive car-bombs killed 155 people.
Global Christmas Celebrations Overshadowed By Violence (ROUND-UP)
By BosNewsLife News Center with reports from Vatican, Africa, Asia and Middle East
Feeling of Peace And Joy Amid Iraq’s Bloodshed
By Martin Roth, BosNewsLife Senior Columnist
BAGHDAD, IRAQ (BosNewsLife Columns)-- We do not hear much good news for Christians from Iraq nowadays, so I was encouraged to learn about a new school there that, against all odds, is achieving great success in turning angry and confused young refugee kids into enthusiastic students.
Christian Twitterstorm: Why Every Christian Should Be Grieving (Column)
By Martin Roth, BosNewsLife Senior Columnist
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA (BosNewsLife Columns)-- I found myself in a mild Twitterstorm the other day, if Christians politely disagreeing with one another can be called a Twitterstorm on social networking service Twitter...
NEWS ALERT: More Christians Killed In Iraq
By BosNewsLife Middle East Service
BAGHDAD, IRAQ (BosNewsLife)-- Christians in Iraq were mourning Thursday, February 25, members of two christian families who were killed in the northern city of Mosul.
Kidnapped Girl Reunited With Christian Parents In Iraq
By BosNewsLife Middle East Service with reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos
BAGHDAD, IRAQ (BosNewsLife)-- A girl kidnapped in Iraq three years ago by Islamic State group militants reunited with her Christian parents, friends, and activists involved in finding her confirmed to BosNewsLife.
BREAKING NEWS: Islamic State Ruins Iraq’s Oldest Christian Monastery
By BosNewsLife Middle East Service
BAGHDAD, IRAQ (BosNewsLife)-- Iraq's oldest Christian monastery has been reduced to rubble as part of the Islamic State group's crackdown on Christianity and relentless destruction of heritage sites it considers contrary to Islam, according to satellite images released Wednesday. January 20.
Massive New Year and Christmas Attacks In Arab World, Africa, Asia
By BosNewsLife Center with BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos BAGHDAD/CAIRO/BEIJING (BosNewsLife)-- Rights investigators said Wednesday, January 13, there has been "a surge ofattacks" against Christians since December, with deaths, detentions and destruction reported in the Arab world, Africa and Asia.