Syria—The untold story

Read how the civil war really started – according to Christians on the ground

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“Deep anger and real fear” at the Allies’ attacks

The HART report by Baroness Caroline Cox and Rev David Thomas on their visit to Syria this April does not claim to address all the complexities of the Syrian civil war, but gives voice to civilians who have very similar concerns.

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Syrians treated in Israeli hospital

The BBC broadcast a report by Tim Samuels of how he spent a night at an Israeli hospital staffed by Jewish, Muslim and Druze medics that is treating wounded Syrians, both soldiers and civilians, who cannot get the treatment they … Read More

BORIS, HELP REBUILD SYRIA!

Christian Voice is petitioning Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson to drop the UK’s opposition to President Assad

Campaign group Christian Voice is calling on the government to change sides in the Syria war. They are asking Christians to sign a petition to the Foreign Secretary to stop supporting the Syrian opposition and start working with President Assad to rebuild Syria. Read More

UK GOVERNMENT ‘BLOCKED’ TRUTH ABOUT LEFT BEHIND CHRISTIANS

A Christian family from the Middle East is reunited in Australia
(Photo: Barnabas Fund)

A leading aid charity has accused the British Government of failing Middle East Christians who face genocide by Islamic State (ISIS) after the Government finally released figures showing that Christians are badly under represented in the Government’s refugee intake.

Out of over 4,000 Syrian refugees welcomed in 12 months, only 64 were Christian. This is just 1.5%, whereas 10% of the Syrian population called themselves Christian before the civil war started. Read More

MUSLIMS FILL CHURCH IN ALEPPO

Destruction: a crater typifying the obliteration of whole sections of Aleppo by bombing (Photo credit: IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation)

The terrible bombing of Aleppo in Syria has had an unexpected side effect – changing Muslim misconceptions of Christians.

Many Muslims in the city have fled to Christian areas to seek refuge, according to Christian persecution charity World Watch Monitor. As they mix with Christians for the first time, perceptions are changing. Read More

PERSECUTION WATCH Oct – Nov 2016

Girl kidnapped by ISIS appears on Facebook

Two years after her abduction by ISIS, little Christine, whose kidnap we reported in HEART, is still missing – but hopes rose for her mother when her daughter’s photo appeared on Facebook.

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Genocide against Christians in Iraq and Syria

Now is the time to make your voice heard

Christians in Iraq and Syria are experiencing genocide. Last issue we included a petition for Barnabas Fund’s Operation Safe Haven to send to the Prime Minister.

But until Christians in the Middle East are safe, we need to keep urging our government to work directly with the Christian community. Our Government has refused to take refugees from anywhere but the UN-run camps, which are predominantly Muslim, so Christians have been avoiding the camps and fleeing to safer areas, preferring to camp on church premises.

Now Wilfred Wong, a barrister with 26 years’ experience of campaigning for persecuted Christians worldwide, most of whom live in the Muslim world, has written a letter for readers to use as a model to send to the Prime Minister. Read More

TWO WOMEN HAVE REMARKABLE VISIONS TO SEE PAIN AND SUFFERING ALLEVIATED IN THE TROUBLED MIDDLE EAST

Read how Samara and Yochana are seeing their visions become reality

Samara Levy

Samara Levy

Samara Levy is married and has two children aged three and six. She is becoming well-known for her work in sending aid to refugees.

What’s your vision?

To see the Church being the salt and light of the world (Matthew 5:13-16) through clothing the naked, caring for the sick and feeding the hungry. Read More

MASSACRE OF THE INNOCENTS

And it’s not Paris

Photo: Residents lay flowers at the scene of one of the recent terrorist massacres in central Paris …but where are the flowers for massacred Syrian Christian children?

WHAT HAS CHANGED SINCE THE FIRST CHRISTMAS?

A row of children lie face down, hands tied, before being shot by masked men. Evidence has emerged of a gruesome massacre, claimed to be of Syrian Christian children. Read More