Mosul News

Mosul, 10 Oct. (AKI) - At least 75 Christian families have fled the northern Iraqi city of Mosul fearing a wave of attacks that have recently targeted members of the religious minority. "Twenty-five Christian families left their houses in Mosul...

An emergency commission has been set up by the Iraqi government to protect Christians in Mosul (370km north of Baghdad) and identify their attackers. After a meeting with representatives of the Iraqi Church, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki yesterday publicly pledged...

Aid workers rushed Friday, October 17, to assist at least 10,000 Christians who so far fled Mosul amid fresh reports that Islamic extremists are trying to eradicate the Christian population in this northern Iraqi town. Netherlands-based Open Doors, an organization...

A Christian music store owner, Farques Batool, was killed and his nephew injured when gunmen stormed into his store in the city of Mosul on the evening of October 11 and opened fire. The murder was the latest in a...

The Christian community in Iraq is witnessing an unfortunate moment in history and Kurdish authorities vow to secure their interests, officials said. Nechirvan Barzani, the prime minister of Iraqi Kurdistan, said in an interview published Wednesday by the Kurdistan Regional...

As part of a candy drive, the donated candy will be shipped to soldiers in the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment stationed in northern Iraq. The squadron, which is helping to rebuild schools in the region, will also distribute candy to...

U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said that many Iraqi Christian families who fled Mosul last month after violence acts against them have returned home. Some 2,275 families, i.e. the half of this town’s Christian citizens, fled Mosul for northern...

Three Iraqi policemen and an army captain were killed in separate bombings Thursday in the restive northern city of Mosul and in Khanaqin near the Iranian border, security officials said. An official in Mosul, who declined to be named, said...