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Relatives attend the funeral of Palestinians who were killed in Israeli airstrikes that hit a church, in Gaza City, Oct. 20, 2023.
Israel-Hamas war
Christians in Gaza fear for their tiny community amid strikes on churches
The exterior of the Ancient Church of the East in Baghdad, Iraq, Aug. 27, 2023.
Language
A newly launched news channel in Iraq tries to preserve the ancient Syriac language
Christian Orthodox pilgrims from Serbia as they pray, sing and carry wooden crosses on Good Friday.
Culture
After church bombings in Cairo, a poignant Good Friday for pilgrims in Jerusalem
For two years, Ismail al-Kanon and his mother, Jandar Nasi, were captives of ISIS. More than most living under the terror group’s rule, they had reason to expect that they would never escape — because they were Iraqi Christians.
Conflict
How an Iraqi Christian teenager survived two years in the heart of the ISIS ‘caliphate’
A girl stands in line in front of a bus with other passengers traveling to Nairobi. They are in the town of Mandera at the Kenya-Somalia border where terrorist group al-Shabab has launched attacks against non-Muslims.
Conflict
On an embattled bus, Kenyan Muslims protect Christians from massacre
An Iraqi Christian boy fleeing the violence in the Iraqi city of Mosul, stands inside the Church in Telkaif, near Mosul.
Conflict & Justice
It’s a lonely Ramadan in Baghdad, but here’s why one mother is staying put
Protesters in Lagos demanding the release of abducted teenage school girls from the remote Nigerian village of Chibok.
Conflict & Justice
How the abduction of more than 200 teenage girls is uniting Nigerian Christians and Muslims
Protesters in Lagos demanding the release of abducted teenage school girls from the remote Nigerian village of Chibok.
Conflict & Justice
How the abduction of more than 200 teenage girls is uniting Nigerian Christians and Muslims