Iraq and Lebanon: two countries headed down a chaotic path. Both governments struggle to function and pass legislation. Political parties tied to ethnic and religious groups vie for control. In both countries, Iran-backed militias hold more power than the military.
A cholera outbreak in Lebanon is hitting Syrian refugees the hardest, with hundreds of cases reported in the camps.
Today is Veteran’s Day in the United States, a national holiday honoring people who served in the military.
Lebanon is in a race against time to contain a cholera outbreak in its most vulnerable communities.
Iraq’s parliament meets today to elect a new president. Officials failed to elect a president three times this past spring.
Iran’s president blames the United States and Israel for anti-government protests sweeping the nation. The current unrest poses the biggest threat to Iran’s leadership in years.
Violence erupted in Baghdad, Iraq, on Monday, killing 30 people and injuring hundreds. The Iraqi military said several rockets were fired in the Green Zone, the area of Baghdad that hosts government buildings.
As the world watches Ukraine, another potential crisis unfolds in Iraq. The war-torn country has been without a leader since October of last year. Learn why here.
At least four people were killed after a landslide demolished a Shi’ite Muslim shrine in the central Iraqi province of Kerbala, the health ministry said on Sunday.
Over the last few years, Christians in Iraq have built a thriving digital church. Samuel with Redemptive Stories says there are two main reasons.
Security officials in Iraq recently wrote a negative report on an evangelical team with Redemptive Stories. Samuel says, “It just outlined some activities that they had done and highlighted individual persons within their organization, reporting on some of the things that they had done.”
Refugees from Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria remain in limbo in Greece. At the same time, new arrivals from Ukraine stretch resources even thinner. More than 45,000 Ukrainian refugees have fled to Greece since February.
