07 January 2008 Iraq: coordinated blasts rock churches Four Iraqi churches and three convents were damaged in coordinated bomb blasts in the morning of January 6, the day many... Read more
23 December 2006 Iraq: Istanbul conference enflames sectarian tensions On December 13-14, 2006, Turkey hosted a "Conference for the Support of the Iraqi People" in Istanbul that brought together... Read more
23 December 2006 Iraq: Christians debate self-autonomy to halt exodus A new plan for Christian self-autonomy within Iraq’s Kurdish region has sparked debate among Iraqi Christian leaders desperate to halt... Read more
25 October 2006 Iraq: Mecca Charter unlikely to stem sectarian violence Last week, approximately 50 Iraqi religious leaders signed a text in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia in the... Read more
12 August 2005 Iraq: Islamist women speak out on Constitution Radio Free Iraq (RFI) correspondent Asma al-Sarraj recently interviewed female Islamist activists on the constitution. She spoke with Mahdiya Abd... Read more
31 January 2005 Iraq: electoral choices vary in Shia areas Voters in the south may be solidly behind the election, but support for the main Shia-led faction is not monolithic.... Read more
19 January 2005 Iraq: kidnapped archbishop released unharmed Less than 24 hours after armed gunmen kidnapped the Syrian Catholic archbishop of Mosul, the 66-year-old cleric was set free... Read more
10 October 2004 Iraq: Christians fleeing to Jordan, Syria A quiet but steady hemorrhaging of Iraq’s ancient Christian presence is underway and little is being done to stem the... Read more
15 April 2004 Iraq: Yazidis fear renewed persecution Most of Iraq's myriad ethnic and religious communities have wrestled with questions of identity in the tumultuous year that has... Read more
05 April 2004 Iraq: controversial Shia ritual under fire Some Shia clerics are now recommending believers to donate their blood instead of shedding it in a ritual to commemorate... Read more