Watch – Oxford Society’s Kristina Arriaga: War Has Devastating Impacts on Women
Kristina Arriaga, president of the Oxford Society for Law and Religion, spoke this week about war’s devastating impacts on women.
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Activists: Turkey-Allied Jihadists Slaughtering Christians, Yazidis in Syria’s Besieged Afrin
Turkey-linked jihadists from the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) and al-Qaeda are taking advantage of the Ankara offensive in the besieged Afrin region in northwestern Syria to slaughter Christians and Yazidis, caution several activists.
Former Rep. Frank Wolf: Christianity in Iraq Will ‘End’ Without ‘Bold Action’
The United States must take “bold action” by the end of 2017 to prevent Christianity in Iraq — the cradle of Christendom — from disappearing in just “a few short years,” warns former Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA).
Exclusive: Kurdish Independence Referendum Divides Christians, Other Minorities in Iraq
Representatives from various ethnoreligious minority groups in Iraq – including Christians, Yazidis, and Turkmen – expressed distress towards Kurds voting “yes” to Iraqi Kurdistan’s independence this week, with some saying the referendum was “illegal” and “forced.”
Activists Claim Iraqi Kurds Are Forcing Yazidis Who Support Iranian Militias to Move
Some activists claim northern Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region is removing members of the Yazidi minority group for joining the Iran-backed Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) or publicly opposing the upcoming independence referendum.
Iraq: Tensions Between Kurds and Iran-Allied Shiite Militias Intensify
A Kurdish Peshmerga commander has accused a Baghdad-sponsored umbrella organization of mostly Iran-allied Shiite militias of arresting three of their fighters in northern Iraq’s predominantly Sunni Nineveh province amid flaring tensions between the two groups.
Islamic State Jihadist Says He Raped over 200 Iraqi Women: ‘This Is Normal’
A jihadist from the Sunni Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) terrorist group captured by Kurdish forces has shown little remorse after admitting to raping more than 200 women, reveals Reuters.
The ‘Liberated’ City of Sinjar, Iraq Remains Unlivable for Yezidis After Islamic State Retreat
Some Yezidis, echoing the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), tell Breitbart News that the damage to the infrastructure in Iraq’s Sinjar district and the threat that the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) still poses to the region prevents them from returning home.
House of Representatives Pressures Obama to Declare Islamic State Slaughter ‘Genocide’
The House of Representatives passed a bipartisan resolution that puts pressure on the Obama administration to acknowledge that the atrocities perpetrated by the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) against Christians and other minorities in Iraq and Syria constitute “genocide.”
ISIS Claimed Raping Yazidi Girls Made Them Muslim
A young Yazidi woman, known only as Noor, told CNN that Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) militants justified raping her because the action would make her Muslim.
