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08 December

Extremist Group Arrests Villagers in Syria

Although the Yazidi community had suffered immense persecution at the hands of ISIS, their safety is not assured even as people return to the area in which the once lived as other groups move and continue persecution.

Syriac Orthodox Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem II. 24/08/2020
24 August

Religious Official in Syria asks United Nations for help

In a rare move, Mor Aphrem II sent a letter to Secretary-General of the United Nations António Guterres, calling for the U.N. to intervene in the ongoing water crisis in Hasakah, Syria.

American convoy in Hasakah
23 August

US State Department delegation to pressure Turkey over water crisis in Syria’s Hasakah

A US State Department delegation to Syria’s northeastsays they will pressure the Turkish government to solve the water cutoff in Hasakah.

 

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By 2018, official Chinese government statistics said there were 39 million Protestants in China. Scholars estimate that including house church worshipers pushes the real number to at least 80 million — almost 6% of China’s population, on par with Communist Party membership.

    Wang Yi (left) with his wife, Jiang Rong (right) (Photo: ChinaAid)
  • Church member advised to mind "regulations"
    Authorities in Chengdu, Sichuan, introduced a state-approved pastor to house church Christian Liu Hongliang. Liu and his wife attend the often-persecuted Early Rain Covenant Church. Their pastor, Pastor Wang Yi, is in prison.

    2020-05-15