Originally published in Christian Today Leaders across the Arab world announced on Sunday (March 29, 2015) that they will form a military coalition in opposition of extremist forces such as the Islamic State (IS). The representatives agreed to study the creation of a joint military force, and present their analyses […]
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Solar eclipse, blood moon phenomenon receives overwhelming international response
Originally published in Breaking Israel News For thousands of years, man has watched the sky for signs from God as to what the future will bring. Over the last two years, and very unique and special celestial phenomenon has been receiving global attention. The current tetrad, or a series of […]
Isis claims deadly museum attack in Tunis
Originally published in Fox News The Islamic State claimed responsibility Thursday for an attack on a popular museum in Tunisia that left 23 people dead a day earlier, according to an audio recording posted online. Thursday’s statement described the attack as a “blessed invasion of one of the dens of […]
Wife of pastor jailed in Iran: ‘I haven’t questioned God’s goodness, I’ve discovered it’
Originally published in Christian Today In July 2012, Naghmeh Abedini’s life changed in an instant. Her husband Saeed, an Iranian-born American pastor, was arrested in Iran for his involvement with house churches. After two months of interrogation under torture, he was charged with threatening the security of the state and […]
Iraq’s first Christian-only brigade ready to battle the Islamic State
Originally published in Raw Story Iraq’s first Christian-only brigade of regular forces graduated Thursday to help retake the community’s towns and villages from the Islamic State group. The new brigade will answer to the government of Iraq’s autonomous Kurdish region, whose peshmerga fighters are playing a leading role in the […]
Video of Iraqi Christian girl forgiving ISIS goes viral
Little did the young Iraqi refugee girl know that her comments about forgiveness would go viral. When interviewed recently by Sat 7 reporter Essam Nagy, 10-year-old Myriam shared her heart about life as a refugee in Erbil, Kurdistan. She told Nagy that she forgives ISIS for forcing her family from their […]
Netanyahu warns US Congress that “bad deal” paves way for Iranian nukes
Originally published in Times of Israel Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned today (Tuesday, March 3, 2015) in a landmark address to the joint houses of Congress that a nuclear deal taking shape between Iran and Western powers “paves the path for Iran” to a nuclear bomb, rather than blocking […]
72 Assyrian Christian families captured, 50 besieged by IS after Syria attack
Originally published in World Watch Monitor Sources from Syria’s embattled Hassaka province confirmed at midnight on Tuesday, February 24, that at least 72 Assyrian Christian families – thought to be around 200 people – from three villages have been captured by the self-proclaimed Islamic State. Reportedly taken to the Arab Sunni […]
Biden snub amplifies Obama administration’s tension with Israel
Originally published in Breaking Israel News The latest episode in a history of tension between the Obama administration and Israel has escalated to a new level, with US Vice President Joe Biden opting out of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s March 3 speech before a joint session of Congress on […]
Syrian pastor in battle zone ministers to the last and the least
Originally published in God Reports For more than 46 months Syria has been going through a bloody and destructive civil war. From Aleppo pastor Samuel has been ministering to the suffering people. Below is his latest report on what Syrians face on a daily basis. Last week I went to […]