As Kurds themselves face persecution from both Turkey and Iran, their violence against Assyrians has only intensified through ...

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With fraternity at the heart of Pope Francis' trip to Iraq, the question that Iraqi Christians are asking themselves strikes at the core of Christianity: Who is my neighbor?

Sectarianism is the blind championing of one faction at the expense of the others, whether they are in agreement or dispute. Only those who share the same proclivities and interests see the faction’s ...

Since at least the 1930s, successive Iraqi administrations have attempted to change the ethnic make-up of northern Iraq by expelling Kurds, Turkomans, and Assyrians from their homes and ...